| Directions: From Highway 16 in Smithers, turn
west on Tatlow Road at the south end of town. Set your odometer to
zero. Follow the Ski Smithers signs to Hudson Bay Road (Ski Hill Road)
Drive a total of 14.9 km from Highway 16, and turn left (west) on
the McDonnel Lake Forest Road. Just before the 10 km sign on the McDonnel
road, turn right at the Silvern Lakes Trail sign and drive on a short
dirt road and bear right to a parking lot in a forest cut block. The
trail follows the same old logging road up through the cut block to
a landing. You'll see the start of the trail on the upper side of
the landing. |
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Features: An old mining trail in
good condition. You can ignore the signed trail that joins the trail
and leads out to 8 km on the McDonnel road, it's a longer route.
Fossils can be found on the slopes to the east and below the lower
lake.
The
trail to the upper lake follows the east bank of the lower lake.
There are extensive alpine meadows to the north and west with many
wild
flowers and streams. It would be possible for experienced hikers,
with maps, to crossover to the Evelyn Mountain
Trail or to the Toboggan Creek Road.
There are good camping sites near the lower lake. |
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