Morice Wilderness Area
About Morice Wilderness Area
This 6,300 ha recreation site is located just 7.5 km from hwy 16 in Houston, providing all year round activities including xc skiing, snow-shoeing, ski-touring to an alpine cabin, mtn biking, and camping / angling / floating on Silverthorne Lake where there is a 8 unit campground with a picnic shelter and easy, 3 km trail around the lake. The Old Pines Trail, located 1.5 km past the campground, offers a 2 km loop with a floating boardwalk. Storey Lookout and Peacock Falls Trails fall within the recreation site; however, accessed from the Morice-Owen FSR via the Peacock East and Peacock West FSRs. For more information, visit: https://houstonhikers.ca/ https://www.moricemountainnordic.ca/ *
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Coordinates: 54.334836, -126.650460
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