While staying in Manning Park for a few days, we decided to snowshoe the Three Falls Trail from Gibson Pass. We drove up the Gibson Pass Road from the lodge for 10 km then parked at the ski hill area. After a grey day on he previous day and a heavy snowfall overnight, the skies started to clear from the … Continue reading…
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Continue reading...For most of our winters, the Isobel Lake Road can be snowed in, so hikers, cross-country skiers, and snowshoers have to trek 2.5 km along the road, but there is an alternative. A trail cut a few decades ago linked McQueen Lake to Isobel Lake. It was built by the BC Forest Service and was called the Forestry Capital Trail. … Continue reading…
The upper grasslands on the edge of the forest is the north end of the Lac du Bois Conservancy of Canada. it is bordered by Park lands on the east and south and the McQueen Lake Environmental Education Center on the north. Clay Lake and Meadow Pond lie in a grasslands basin surrounded by forest. There are a number of … Continue reading…
The West Ironmask Hills Trails are perfect for moderate snowshoeing in the hills in winter. They are closed from March 1 to July 1st for grazing, but they are a fine choice for fat biking or snowshoeing in December, January, and February. A few images are combined for this video of snowshoeing the trails in February, 2018.
Continue reading...When all the trails are snowed in and ice develops where we would like to hike or bike, we can sometimes use backroads that are seldom-driven but kept open with snowplows. The Goose Lake Road runs for 12 km from the Long Lake Road near Knutsford up to the high country forests of the Lac le Jeune Road. On a … Continue reading…
In mid-winter we head up into the Lac du Bois Grasslands to snowshoe a moderate 5 km route in the middle grasslands. There is a small parking area (at N50° 46.584′ W 120° 25.923′) about 2.5 km past the big left curve at the 7km sign. We park there and follow the signs into the grasslands. Snowshoers can go in … Continue reading…
The Kamloops Performance Cycling Center has worked with ranchers and local agencies to develop over 50 km of trails in the Pineview and Ironmask Hills (more information). On the western side of the trails access has been available over the winter for fat bikes and snowshoeing. There is a small pullout off the Lac le Jeune Road for parking. Signs … Continue reading…
The former BC Winter Games Trails and various tracks in the High Country forest of the Bush Lake area provides a number of good snowshoe routes in winter. Although there are some known routes that snowshoers stomp in, there are often some surprises too so we venture out with a route in mind but we adapt to what we find. … Continue reading…
The Dogwood Marshes snowshoe area is an informal trail network adjacent to the Lac le Jeune Road. Parking is at the Bush Lake parking loop km north of McConnell Lake. All of the routes are user-stomped, winding through the Anderson Creek marshes and up through the forest hillside. Routes go all over and it can sometimes be confusing for newcomers, … Continue reading…
There are a number of snowshoe routes starting at Lodgepole Lake. The road is usually plowed right to the Rec Site at the end of the lake. Users stomp in tracks around the lake and through the forest in the area between hills. Longer routes can also be stomped in and various loops are possible. On the first day of … Continue reading…
From 1978 through 1984 we cross country skied on the Bush Lake Trails, but when the Coquihalla Highway was under construction the trails were cut in half by the road and fences were built restricting access to the backroads and trails to a narrow corridor. The Stake Lake Trails were built and only a few nordic skiers frequented what was … Continue reading…
From Sun Peaks Village to McGillivray Lake is a 6 km route on a gravel road. Along the way and nearby are snowmobile access points, backroads for mountain biking, lakes for paddling, and trails for hiking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. The Google Map below has information, photos, and links on these recreational opportunities. The map has zoom controls, pan … Continue reading…
Access to Dogwood Marshes snowshoeing area is from the Bush Lake parking area off the Lac le Jeune Road. There are a number of routes through the marshes and up into the hills above for any day of exploration in the winter. It is easier ti follow “stomped-in” tracks than it is to break a new trail, especially when the … Continue reading…
The upper end of the Lac du Bois Grasslands offers access for open forest and grassland slope snowshoeing in winter. There is a large parking area next to a forestry kiosk right before the McQueen Lake fence. It is best to park there and walk back to the edge of the forest 200 m south since the Lac du Bois … Continue reading…
In February after recent snowfalls we put on our snowshoes and tramped over the hill and then down to the Tranquiile River. From Pine Park we continued upstream to the dam. In a number of spots the ice had collapsed into the river but we could walk on the snow on the riverbanks up to the narrows. The Mara Hills … Continue reading…
