British Columbia trails · Rim Trail
Rim Trail
A 82.4-mile network in British Columbia, with 3,378 ft of climbing. Reaches Greenstone Mountain and other lake/summit destinations. Managed by Recreation Sites & Trails BC.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 50% of the ascent falls between mile 27.5 and mile 55.0. It gives back about 9,571 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Greenstone Mountain (summit)
- Small Dairy Lake (lake)
- East Dairy Lake (lake)
- Grace Lake (lake)
- Kwilalkwila Lake (lake)
- Dairy Lake (lake)
- Roper Lake (lake)
Getting there
Pendleton Creek — parking nearby. 50.65773, -120.59569 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:50 a.m., the sun rises at 7:23 a.m. and sets at 6:12 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:45 p.m. (PDT) — 10 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 82.4-mile route works out to roughly 32 h 13 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Rim Trail + Face Paska ORV — 0.9 mi loop, 146 ft gain
- Face Paska ORV + Rim Trail + Duffy Greenstone Orv Trail — 4.6 mi loop, 1,311 ft gain
- Rim Trail + Face Paska ORV — 5.8 mi loop, 1,094 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Face Paska ORV — 3.9 mi
- Chuwhels-Inks ORV Trails — 9.2 mi