Upper Fraser & Sugarbowl / Full trip pack
Grizzly Den peak
- Round trip
- 18 km
- Elevation gain
- Not established The source lists 1050 m with the outward route. Any climbing on the return is not established; this is not a verified complete-return total.
- Walking time
- Unconfirmed
- Difficulty
- Unconfirmed Out and back
one way, February 2002 park brochure
Continue beyond Grizzly Den Cabin for a longer mountain outing above the forest and wet meadows. The summit needs its own navigation plan and adds substantial travel to the cabin hike.
1. Getting there and parking
Use the Grizzly Den trailhead on Hungary Creek Forest Service Road. From Highway 16 east of Prince George, turn onto Hungary Creek Road and continue to the Grizzly Den parking area before the road continues toward Raven Lake. Published road distances vary slightly; the park brochure gives approximately 13 km from the highway. The road is not plowed in winter, so winter trips can include a substantial additional approach.
Drive from Prince George: 102.7 km · approximately 102 minutes. Estimate; allow for road conditions and stops.
Modeled one-way driving time from Prince George City Hall, using mapped road speeds. Forest-road sections can take substantially longer: surface, clearance, radio procedures, gates, washouts, plowing, and legal access are not verified by the router. No live traffic or invented forest-road multiplier is included. Allow extra time and check the dated access notes.
2. Walking the route
Follow the Grizzly Den trail past 8 Mile Cabin, through spruce-fir forest and wet meadow sections, crossing the small creeks on the established route to Grizzly Den Cabin. The cabin approach is about 6 km one way in the park brochure. Continuing to the peak makes this a longer outing; the same brochure gives approximately 9 km one way and 1,050 m of climbing to the peak, rather than the cabin hike’s 600 m. The brochure does not provide a complete sequence of upper-ridge junctions, so plan the summit extension with an appropriate topographic map rather than treating the cabin directions as a full peak route.
3. Route map
Published locations only. A complete route line is still needed.
Published locations
Numbered points match the map. Use the role beside each point. A summit or park reference point is not a parking location.
| Place and role | Coordinates | Source and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Grizzly Den peak trailhead | 53.779838 -121.494498 | Converted from official degrees-decimal-minutes; datum unstated; not field-verified https://nrs.objectstore.gov.bc.ca/kuwyyf/sugarbowl_grizzlyden_brochure_53146eed08.pdf |
5. Camping, facilities and seasons
Camping and tenting
Grizzly Den has a rustic cabin, backcountry camping and a pit toilet. Confirm cabin booking and current tenting instructions before an overnight stay; the summit itself is not identified as a designated campsite.
Season and access
The Hungary Creek road is not winter-plowed. Snow routes, avalanche terrain and the additional road approach need separate winter planning. A dated report records plankway construction in the lower wet meadows continuing in August 2026; it does not establish that all wet sections have been replaced by boardwalk.
Reservations and current availability
Check the operator’s current rules, opening dates and booking requirements for your chosen campsite or cabin.
Additional source maps
Map 1: https://nrs.objectstore.gov.bc.ca/kuwyyf/sugarbowl_grizzlyden_brochure_53146eed08.pdf
Map 2: https://nrs.objectstore.gov.bc.ca/kuwyyf/sugarbowl_grizzlyden_waypoints_c18ea15d07.pdf
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