Mainline Road Status Last Update: August, 2021 RoadStatusAccessComment West Nusatsum FSROpen to Purgatory lookout4WD recommended 2WD possibleRoad and bridge repairs done in fall, 2020, bumpy with many pot holes East Nusatsum FSROpen to 4 km2WDCulvert washout near 4 km mark Clayton Falls … [Read more...]
Tweedsmuir Trail lower Lookout
Distance : 2km Elevation gain : 330m Difficulty : Moderate This section of trails is part of a larger network of trails in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. The trail beyond the lower lookout is not maintained and therefore not recommended for travel. The lower section, however, is a nice walk … [Read more...]
Kettle Pond Trail
Distance : 2km Elevation change : 80m Difficulty : easy This is an interesting walk that begins along a medial glacial moraine consisting of 'till' and giant boulders which were left behind between two lobes of a glacier that retreated at the end of the ice age. The trail then meanders downhill … [Read more...]
Burnt Bridge Loop Trail and Valley View Lookout
Distance : 5km Elecation change : 200m Difficulty : Moderate Segments of this trail are part of the ancient grease trail network and it was likely used by Sir Alexander Mackenzie on his historic expedition across Canada by Land in 1793. The trail straddles the Tweedsmuir Park boundary and while … [Read more...]
Capoose Summer Trail lower Lookout
Distance : 1km Elecation gain : 300m Difficulty : Moderate The trail is part of the ancient network of 'grease' trails that climb into the plateau above the valley and make their way into Tweedsmuir Park and join the Alexander Mackenzie / Nuxalk Heritage Grease Trail. This is a steep steady … [Read more...]
Medby Rock Lookout Trail
Distance : 2 km Elevation gain : 500m Difficulty : Moderate This trail leads to the site of an old forest fire lookout so you can bet the view is panaramic. The trail starts along the main logging road for about 300m then veers left onto a branch road. Follow this for another 300m to the top of … [Read more...]
Purgatory Lookout and Noeick River Forest Road
Distance : 7.8km one way from Odegaard Falls Viewpoint trail head parking lot. Elevation gain : 320m Difficulty : Easy terrain, long distance. This route offers spectacular alpine views as it winds between meadows, ponds, talus boulder slopes and snow avalanche brush trash tracts and is an … [Read more...]
Hammer Lake and Ape Lake Trail
Distance : 2.9km from Odegaard Falls Viewpoint trail head, 4km to Hammer Lake and an additional 2km to Iroquos Ridge lookout. Elevation Gain : 130m from Odegaard Falls trailhead, 300m to Hammer Lake, 500m from Hammer Lake to War Drum Glacier viewpoint. Difficulty : Moderate. This trail route … [Read more...]
Odegaard Falls, the Nusatsum River Trail and Falls Viewpoint Trail
Distance : 200m River trail, 2km Falls viewpoint trail Elevation change : River trail : 20m, Falls viewpoint 100m Difficulty : easy to moderate. The Odefaard Falls area in the Nusatsum Valley is a must-see attraction as it is in the heart of the Coast Mountain wilderness with its spectacular … [Read more...]
Grey Jay and Blue Jay Lakes
Distance : 2 km (one way) to lookout Elevation change : 80 m Difficulty : Easy to moderate This trail and boardwalk wind through alpine forest along Grey Jay Lake and then wanders through open meadows and wetands to end at a viewpoint overlooking North and South Bentinck Arms. It offers … [Read more...]
