McBride & Robson Valley / Full trip pack
Lucille Mountain
- Published distance
- 2.7 km Route segment
- Elevation gain
- Not established Cumulative ascent for this outing has not been established.
- Walking time
- Unconfirmed
- Difficulty
- Moderate
cabin onward to peak; not full outing
An alpine approach above McBride that passes a snowmobile cabin before continuing to a broad summit with Robson Valley views.
1. Getting there and parking
From McBride Visitor Centre, travel east along First Avenue for about 650 m, turn right onto Sansom Road, and continue about 2.2 km. Turn left onto Lucille Mountain Forest Road; the lower parking area is roughly 650 m farther on. For the upper summer approach, follow the mountain road and take the right branch at the 4.5 km junction. McBride Tourism describes four-wheel-drive access to the meadow with a small information kiosk. The older guide warns that the road above a clearing around kilometre 7.4 becomes particularly steep and rough. Park earlier if necessary and add the remaining road walk to your outing; lower and upper parking produce very different distances.
- From McBride’s visitor centre, follow First Avenue east for about 650 m, then turn right onto Sansom Road.
- After about 2.2 km on Sansom Road, turn left onto Lucille Mountain Forest Road. The lower lot is about 650 m up this road.
- For the upper approach, take the right fork at the 4.5 km junction and continue to the meadow kiosk only if road and vehicle conditions permit.
Parking: Tourism describes a lower lot 650 m up Lucille Mountain Forest Road and upper parking at an alpine meadow kiosk. The upper start requires four-wheel drive.
Road and vehicle: Four-wheel drive is specified for access to the subalpine meadows.
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
From the upper meadow, continue on foot through the subalpine toward the winter snowmobile cabin. The older guide places the cabin about 900 m beyond the meadow; McBride Tourism then gives about 2.7 km from the cabin to the peak. Continue through the open alpine toward the summit for views over the Robson Valley, the Rocky Mountains and, in clear weather, Mount Robson. Return along the same approach to the vehicle. This is an exposed alpine outing above the forest-road access, and the published sources do not establish a single fixed distance that applies to every possible parking point.
- From the upper meadow parking, follow the mountain approach past the winter snowmobile cabin.
- The tourism guide places the peak approximately 2.7 km beyond the cabin; return on the same approach.
The return
Retrace to the chosen parking. The 2.7 km figure starts at the cabin and is not the whole return trip from either parking lot.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lucille Mountain source-published trailhead / parking waypoint | 53.274555 -120.253944 | Embedded trip-map feature 'Lower 4x4 Parking lot': point [-120.253944, 53.274555].
Named access waypoint extracted from the original public trip map. Current road/parking conditions and legal access still require checking. https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/lucille-mountain-trail-in-mcbride-bc/ |
| 1. Published parking parking | 53.274555 -120.253944 | Named point on source trip map; position and feature type retained as factual observations. https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/lucille-mountain-trail-in-mcbride-bc/ |
| 2. Cabin reference cabin reference | 53.263698 -120.257034 | Named point on source trip map; position and feature type retained as factual observations. https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/lucille-mountain-trail-in-mcbride-bc/ |
| 3. Trail access trail access | 53.265778 -120.255103 | Named point on source trip map; position and feature type retained as factual observations. https://hiking.princegeorge.tech/lucille-mountain-trail-in-mcbride-bc/ |
5. Camping, facilities and seasons
Camping and tenting
The source identifies a winter snowmobile cabin but does not establish summer overnight access, booking or tenting permission.
Season and access
Summer access uses the forest road and a walking route through the meadows. In winter this is an established snowmobiling area with a cabin and groomed access; the summer driving instructions do not describe a winter road suitable for ordinary vehicles.
Practical details checked 2026-10-17.
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