The Baden Powell Trail runs across the North Shore mountains for about 50km from Horseshoe Bay in the west, to Deep Cove in the east. Along the way you climb up the mountains making up Mt Cypress ski resort, cross the feet of Grouse Mountain, Mt Fromme and Mt Seymour before descending into the quaint…
The Mount Gardner hike on Bowen Island is the best trail to explore if you’ve ever wanted to go hiking on Bowen Island. If you’ve been considering whether to hike Mt Gardner here’s everything you need to know. This Vancouver hiking guide will cover how to get to the trailhead (including the Bowen Island ferry…
The Hollyburn Mountain Hike in the Cypress Bowl Ski Area is just 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver making it a great Vancouver hike if you want to escape the city but not go too far. There are plenty of trails for people looking to go hiking in the Cypress Mountain area. Hollyburn Mountain, one of…
The Diez Vistas trail at Buntzen Lake is a popular Vancouver hike. Its full name, Sendero Diez Vistas, means the path of ten views. There are 10 viewpoints along the trail with most of them looking out over the Indian Arm towards Mt Seymour. Though the elevation change on this hike isn’t huge, don’t underestimate…
With so many awesome Squamish hikes surrounding the town of Squamish, it’s perhaps no surprise that this town between Vancouver and Whistler is known as the adventure capital of Canada. Anything outdoor adventure you want to do, you can do it in Squamish, BC. Alongside the hiking trails, which are some of the best things…
Brunswick Mountain is the tallest peak on the North Shore so I just had to hike it. I’d done many of the other hikes in this area including St. Mark’s Summit, Mount Harvey, and the Lions Binkert Trail, but had yet to tick off Mt Brunswick until fairly recently. It’s a long hike with a…
Over 6 years of living in Vancouver, I’ve truly hiked on most of the hiking trails surrounding the city. There are so many trails to choose from and I’ve done the vast majority of them since I love discovering the best hiking in Vancouver. Whether you’re traveling to Vancouver or you live there, there’s an…
There are quite a few waterfalls in Kamloops to check out which might be surprising since Kamloops is known for being a city with a very dry climate. When we moved from Vancouver to Sun Peaks near Kamloops for the winter season, I was looking for things to do in Kamloops and managed to get…
Floe Lake is part of the Rockwall Trail and one of the best things to see in Kootenay National Park, BC. This beautiful lake (pronounced like Flow Lake) is a gem of an alpine lake. It’s got busier in recent years as the popularity of backpacking the Rockwall trail has increased, but it’s still nowhere…
The Whistlers summit hike in Jasper National Park, AB is one of the best hikes in Jasper National Park. You can make the Whistlers mountain trail as easy or as difficult as you like by deciding whether or not to take the Jasper tramway most of the way up. I chose to take the tramway…