Hiking the Berg Lake trail is one of the best multi-day backpacking trips I’ve ever done. When our friends managed to reserve campsites on BC’s Berg Lake trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park, I jumped at the chance to join them. The trail, on the far side of BC near Jasper National Park, was one…
The Stawamus Chief trail is perhaps the most popular hike in Squamish and for good reason. This epic hike gives you amazing views of the Howe Sound and downtown Squamish, the Tantalus Range, and is also quite fun to hike! Sure, it’s pretty strenuous since you start with a long series of steps, but after…
Lynn Peak is a hike near Vancouver that I don’t hear many people mention. You’ve got the big hitter hikes near Vancouver like St Mark’s Summit, Dog Mountain, and Mount Seymour, but Lynn Peak isn’t often talked about. It may not have the views of nearby trails but it is one of the Vancouver hikes…
Hiking Mount Strachan in Cypress Provincial Park is one of the best hikes in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mt Strachan is the highest peak of the Cypress Bowl Ski Area and one of the least well-known hikes too. Having done this hike twice (one in a whiteout and another in the summer with some incredible views),…
With so many hikes in Vancouver knowing which are the best hikes in Vancouver can be difficult. You want to make sure it has the views you’re after and isn’t too far out of your comfort zone while being just enough to push you. In case you hadn’t realised by now, one of my favourite…
One of the best ways to see Glencoe is to try one of the many beautiful Glencoe walks and hikes available. This way you get away from the roads and out into the beautiful Scottish countryside, with mountain views, lochs, and streams and maybe even spot some deer. Read more: Check out the Goatfell hike…
My favourite summer activity in Vancouver is to go hiking and one summer I tackled some more of the peaks along the sea-to-sky highway that look out on to the Howe Sound in Vancouver. I had previously hiked the famous Vancouver lions with friends and then it became time to take on the Mount Harvey…
One of the best overnight backpacking trips I did during my 6 years of living in Vancouver was a backcountry camping trip up to Wedgemount Lake just north of Whistler. The lake is still part of Garibaldi Provincial Park, the beautiful park where you’ll find hikes such as Garibaldi Lake and Elfin Lakes, but this…
The Heliotrope Ridge hike is one of the best hikes in the Mount Baker Area in Washington USA with incredible views and a stunning glacier that you can see right from the trail without needing glacier traverse skills. We hiked the Heliotrope trail a few summers ago and it was when we seemed to have…
If you’ve ever visited Vancouver and looked towards the north from downtown the chances are that you’ve seen The Lions. The two mounds that rise up are landmarks of the city of Vancouver. Lions Gate Bridge gets its name from them as does the town of Lions Bay. It’s fair to say they’re Vancouver (and…