| Directions: Follow the Ski Hill
signs from Highway 16 in Smithers. Set your odometer to zero at
the
highway. At km 14.9 on Hudson Bay Road (Ski Hill Road) , turn left
onto the McDonnell Lake Forest Service Road. Turn left at the Pine
Creek Forest Service Road at 17.9 km (near the 3 km sign). Zero your
odometer.
Avoid any side roads and drive straight on the Pine Creek road for
4.9
km then
turn
left into the last cut block. Drive another .8 km and park in the
small turnaround. Walk along the old wet skid road and up the hill
along the edge of the cut block to the southwest corner where the
trail starts. There is a faint trail through the cut block that is
within 100 feet of the timber. |
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Features: This a short trail
close to town yet at the same time it connects to the entire Microwave
Road area (Winfield Creek). In
the summer, you have views of the entire McDonnell Lake area, Hudson
Bay Mountain and the
Howson
Range to
the west.
In
the winter, this could be a good cross-country trail using the
illegal
snowmobile trail. The illegal snowmobile trail
has been cut across the original trail. You have to look hard to
find the trail on the other side because of all the felled and
bucked timber. The trail threads through the timber in the lower
bowl area and crosses the creek. Above that, keep to the right
(west) to find easy access to the top of the ridge. Young children
can handle this trail if they are accustomed to hiking. This is
one of the many old Lefty Gardner guiding trails in the area.
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