Marble Range Provincial Park has a  number of fine hikes that lead to the summits of a range of limestone peaks.   The Porcupine Creek Trail starts 5.5 km along the Jesmond Road.   A signed backroad winds up past the powerline and into the Two Mile Creek valley, then over to Porcupine Creek.   A Parks sign is found along the road near the start of the hike.

The actual hiking trail is found 740m farther along this road (close to N51 05.048 W121 48.806).   The following track file includes both the road in and the trail to the top (downloadable):

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The trail follows Porcupine Creek up through a forested valley for 2.75km.   Once the single track crests the creek valley, it turns right and uphill, climbing to the top of the ridge in a steep switchbacks through a burned forest.

Reaching the ridge takes us to the alpine at 2110m (6922 feet).   Open meadows, limestone outcrops, and wide views await.

From this point, we can make our own route.   We chose to follow the ridge north to the ridge that connects Porcupine Peak to Lime Ridge, a fine place for lunch.   To the north, Wild Horse Ridge and Mount Kerr were only 8km away,

To our northwest, Lime Ridge runs for another 5km.   Mt. Bowman is the large pyramid 9km NNW.

To our west, the Edge Hills separate the Marble Range from the Fraser River.

Beyond the Fraser River is the Shulaps and Camelsfoot Ranges and the Coast Ranges beyond those.

Along every step of the trail was a wide variety and abundance of wildflowers.

All of the Marble Range hikes follow creek valleys through the forest then climb to alpine ridges.   The ridges are mostly above the treeline and feature limestone outcrops and meadows.

This trail is about 12km return and climbs 705m (2312 ft) to an elevation of 2251m (7287 ft.).   The hike takes about 4.5 hours to complete, but add 2 hours of driving each way.  The road in is a bit rough, but can be done by most vehicles.   This route to the top of Lime Ridge is the best one of 3 routes in the Marble Range (and recommended).