The wilderness around Prince George, out into the Robson Valley and up towards the Pine Pass has been home to plenty of hammering and sawing and digging and clearing to go along with the hiking, snowshoeing, skiing and mountain biking.

Thanks to an army of volunteers and contractors, new cabins have been built, old ones have been renovated, new trails have been cut and existing ones improved over the past few months and years.

A pandemic-induced rise in interest in getting outside has helped spark the activity. That and simply a need to bring decades-old cabins and other destinations up-to-date.

The Prince George Backcountry Recreation Society (PGBRS) has led the charge. The group has been behind upgrades to Red Mountain cabin and the historic Tacheeda Lookout and installation last fall of a long-awaited bridge over the creek at the start of the trail up Fang Mountain.

Out toward McBride, a new cabin is now nestled at the foot of the Ozalenka Valley due to the efforts of the Ozalenka Alpine Club and a new cable car is now in place along the Goat River Trail, the work of Dunster-based Fraser Headwaters Alliance.

Up in Mackenzie, the finishing touches are being put on a new trail that takes mountain bikers into the alpine, a project taken on by the Mackenzie Outdoor Route and Trail Association.

Closer to Prince George, progress is being made on a new layout of single-track trails on Tabor Mountain, backed by the Association of Caledonia TrailBuilders. And volunteers affiliated with the Caledonia Ramblers remain busy maintaining trails, with an extension of the plankway along a particularly muddy section of the trail up to Viking Ridge among the hiking club’s most-notable projects.

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