The prominent hill overlooking the Coquihalla Highway as you leave town is Sugarloaf.   Most of the approaches to Sugarloaf involve crossing private land or fencelines, so this post covers the best route to avoid these problems.   There is one section on the north side that is unfenced and unsigned, but there is no guarantee the route is all on public lands.   Go quietly and leave no trace.    Avoid grazing season.

It is certainly easier to start from the Lac le Jeune Road or the Inks Lake Road since you are higher and closer, but this will involve crossing fencelines.    The route noted here starts at a lower point.   From the Lac Le Jeune Road, turn off onto the Sugarloaf Road following it past the end of the pavement.  Continue along until you can see that the road crosses under the Coquihalla (but don’t go through the underpass).   Park on the wide shoulder.  The map shows the route following the double track to the highest point.   There are a number of junctions along the way.    As you can see, this route winds in an indirect route up the hill.   On my last trip, I cut across the curves, but those sections are steeper and on the last trip, snowier.

At the base of the last hill, there are no double tracks to follow.   There is a single track that is flagged up the hill, but hikers can really just pick their own route.   All of the approaches on the north and east sides are steep, but manageable.   Cliffs line the south and west sides of Sugarloaf.   You will be going up the middle hill of three.

Sugarloaf is really a long east-west ridge with three prominent summits.    The two westernmost hills are the highest but there is a gully separating them.   If you choose to do all three hilltops, you will face some scrambling up and down.