CampHostJobsMorice Wilderness Area Recreation Site
Near Houston, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Operated by Morice Mountain Nordic Ski Club under a partnership agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
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/
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 9 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Houston, British Columbia
- District
- Nadina-Skeena (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1989
- Location
- 54.33484, -126.65046
- Site ID
- REC3523
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Getting there
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Links
Official page at Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Host jobs
Hosts at BC recreation sites are hired by the site operator. Ask the operator through their website.
Nearby recreation sites
- Silverthorne Lake 0 km, 9 campsites
- Morice Mtn Nordic Ski Club Trails 1 km, 9 campsites
- Story Fire Lookout 9 km
- Mt. Harry Davis 11 km
- Aspen 14 km, 9 campsites
- Dungate Meadows Cabin 16 km
Information from Recreation Sites and Trails BC open data (BC Data Catalogue, Open Government Licence – British Columbia), retrieved 2026-10-09. Conditions change: check the official page before you travel. CampHostJobs is not affiliated with the Government of British Columbia.