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title: "Mount Palsson: summit around Prince George | PG Pulse"
description: "Mount Palsson: summit, 5 h 27 min from downtown Prince George. 1,818 m elevation. Map, driving directions, places nearby and the official page."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-palsson/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-palsson.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:56:27.208Z
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# Mount Palsson
Summit, 5 h 27 min from downtown Prince George.
[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=55.0995,-121.80151) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-palsson/#map)
## Map
[Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=summits)
Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
## Nearby
- [Hole-in-the-Wall Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/hole-in-the-wall-park/) Provincial park 6.4 km
- [Montagnes Rocheuses](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/montagnes-rocheuses/) Summit 8.5 km
- [Mount Crum](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-crum/) Summit 13 km
- [Mount Wendt](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-wendt/) Summit 14 km
- **Drive from downtown**: 5 h 27 min, 394 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 2.9 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 145 km from downtown
- **Elevation**: 1,818 m
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 55.09950, -121.80151
## Links
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1146738122)
- [Avalanche Canada](https://avalanche.ca/map)
[Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/)
Source: [OpenStreetMap contributors: waterfalls, peaks and viewpoints](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1146738122). ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.
Source read 2 days ago
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## More in Explore
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- [Things to do Parks, trails, indoor fun](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/)
- [Indoor fun Things to do on rainy and cold days](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/indoor-activities/)
- [Where to stay Hotels, motels, B&Bs and campgrounds](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/where-to-stay/)
- [History and places The bowl, the rivers, the railway](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/)
- [Lheidli T’enneh Whose land this is](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/indigenous/)
- [Land and resources Forests, mines, geography](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/resources/)
## Data
Machine-readable data behind this page, from the free PG Pulse API (https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/).
### Place data
Source: [BC Parks Data API, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and the BC Freshwater Atlas (BC Data Catalogue), OpenStreetMap](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-parks-data-api-access). Licence: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc) for BC Parks, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and Freshwater Atlas places; ODbL 1.0 © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) for OpenStreetMap places and drive times; each place names its own source. Updated 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z.
JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/outdoors/mount-palsson
- **slug**: mount-palsson
- **name**: Mount Palsson
- **category**: summits
- **categories**: summits
- **kind**: Summit
- **lat**: 55.0995
- **lng**: -121.80151
- **kmFromCentre**: 145
- **driveKm**: 394.3
- **driveMinutes**: 327
- **offRoadMetres**: 2879
- **elevationM**: 1818
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: _none_
- **amenities**: _none_
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: _none_
- **directions**: _none_
- **page**:
- **source**: OpenStreetMap contributors: waterfalls, peaks and viewpoints
- **sourceUrl**:
- **licence**: ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- **fetchedAt**: 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z
- **onShore**: _none_
#### links
| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| OpenStreetMap | https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1146738122 |
#### nearby
| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| hole-in-the-wall-park | Hole-in-the-Wall Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks | Provincial park | 55.14739 | -121.85603 | 6.4 | 148.5 | 379.2 |
| montagnes-rocheuses | Montagnes Rocheuses | summits | summits | Summit | 55.05053 | -121.90499 | 8.5 | 137.3 | 391.5 |
| mount-crum | Mount Crum | summits | summits | Summit | 55.02606 | -121.64538 | 12.9 | 142.5 | 414.4 |
| mount-wendt | Mount Wendt | summits | summits | Summit | 55.02516 | -121.97788 | 13.9 | 132.9 | 388.5 |
_Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._
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