Pine Pass, Chetwynd & Peace / Full trip pack
Le Moray Lakes / Donkey Trail
- Published distance
- Unconfirmed Trip basis unconfirmed
- Elevation gain
- Not established Cumulative ascent for this outing has not been established.
- Walking time
- Unconfirmed
- Difficulty
- Hard
unknown
https://hikingprincegeorge.com/hikes/le-moray-lakes-donkey-trail
A remote restored horse-trail corridor reaches upper meadows and the Lemoray lakes. Fallen trees, devil’s club and limited communication make this a backcountry route requiring stronger navigation than a typical maintained day hike.
1. Getting there and parking
The published access uses the Heart Lake turnoff from Highway 97 in Pine Pass, followed by a separate local approach to a parking area. The trip page supplies map links for those two driving stages but no complete textual road-turn sequence. Do not assume the Mountain Creek lookout start at campsite 13 is the same trailhead. Verify the correct Donkey Trail parking and current access before leaving the highway.
2. Walking the route
Follow the verified historic corridor through the forest toward the upper meadows and lake basin, retaining a clear descent line through the brush. Trail work was reported to the upper meadows in June 2025, but the account also describes substantial fallen timber and devil’s club and no mobile reception. The lake approach and an additional climb from Lake 2 toward a summit overlooking Heart Lake are separate excursions. The displayed 8.21 km recording has predominantly descending elevation figures and a short recorded duration, so it is not a reliable full-day distance, ascent or time estimate. Do not extend the route toward a summit merely because the exploratory track does so.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Le Moray Lakes / Donkey Trail start point of published trip track (parking unverified) | 55.509364 -122.526977 | Embedded trip-map feature 'PinePassLeMorayLakes': first recorded coordinate [-122.526977, 55.509364].
Point extracted from the original public trip map. A track start is evidence of where recording began, not certification of parking, legal access, road suitability or the complete route. Source date: 2025 https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/pine-pass-lemoray-lakes-in-northern-bc/ |
| 1. Recorded junction junction | 55.499894 -122.484246 | Named point on source trip map; position and feature type retained as factual observations. Source date: 2025-05-31T21:34:55Z https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/pine-pass-lemoray-lakes-in-northern-bc/ |
5. Camping, facilities and seasons
Camping and tenting
Wilderness tent camping is allowed inside Pine Le Moray Park without developed facilities. Heart Lake is the separate vehicle-access campground and accepts campers first come, first served. Bring drinking water; the park has no drinking-water facilities.
Water
No drinking-water facilities are provided in Pine Le Moray Park.
Season and access
June 2025 report says clearing reached upper meadows. Remote route with deadfall and devil’s club; no cell service reported.
Practical details checked 2026-10-17.
Measurement notes
Embedded 8.21 km track has 18 m ascent and 766 m descent, indicating descent-direction data. It is not valid whole-hike uphill gain.
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