{"id":806,"date":"2015-03-02T04:13:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T04:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/blog\/?page_id=806"},"modified":"2026-07-04T21:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:34:39","slug":"merry-creek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/?page_id=806","title":{"rendered":"Merry Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-920 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_85161.jpg\" alt=\"Merry Creek\" width=\"563\" height=\"376\" \/><br \/><strong>Difficulty Level<\/strong>: Easy<br \/><strong>Distance<\/strong>: 5km (total trail network)<br \/><strong>Elevation Gain<\/strong>: 60m<br \/><strong>Dog Friendly<\/strong>: Yes<br \/><strong>Bike Friendly<\/strong>: Yes<br \/><strong>Facilities<\/strong>: Pit toilet at trailhead, benches, interpretive<br \/><strong>Season<\/strong>: Year-round<\/p>\n<p>This network contains three trails &#8211; Big Cedar Trail, Merry Valley Trail and the Columbia Trail. A pleasant 5km walk through a dense forest followed by a climb to a fine view of Castlegar and the Columbia Valley.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Castlegar Trails: Merry Creek\" width=\"1120\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4V8BpQb5C5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 class=\"paragraph_style\">Merry Creek Access<\/h1>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style\">\u2022<\/span>Leave Castlegar on Hwy 3 heading towards Grand Forks<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style\">\u2022<\/span>Turn right 2 km past the Cozy Pines Motel\u00a0on Merry Creek Forest Service Road<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style\">\u2022<\/span>Drive 2km to parking lot on the right<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Difficulty Level: EasyDistance: 5km (total trail network)Elevation Gain: 60mDog Friendly: YesBike Friendly: YesFacilities: Pit toilet at trailhead, benches, interpretiveSeason: Year-round This network contains three trails &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":678,"featured_media":0,"parent":743,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-806","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions\/1671"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}