Greetings! My friends and I will be visit this summer and will be spending a majority of our day (stopping by Capilano first) at Grouse. We plan on doing the Grouse Grind, Mountain Ropes and 5-Line Zipline tour. Just wondering if there are any suggestions on which activity we should do first or maybe in what order. Thanks!

Hi my friend and i are planning to hike the third peak this Sunday, we are new to Canada and just wanted to know if there are a lot of bear sightings at mt.seymour

Planning on camping overnight at Taylor meadows this summer and we’re thinking of hiking to panorama ridge for sunrise. Just wanted to see what time we’d need to leave at to be at the peak for sunrise at 5am? How long does it typically take to get from Taylor meadows to panorama? I reckon it’ll be about 4:30hr?

Here are the dates of closure and can’t wait to see the countless posts on social media later this year of folks showing up and having no clue was closed.

“The park will be closed this season from April 30 to May 15, June 14 to 23 and from Sept. 3 to Oct. 6, allowing the Indigenous communities to conduct cultural celebrations and traditional fall harvesting practices.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/joffre-lakes-park-partial-closure-1.7185047

I'm going to be in Squamish and looking for some relatively technical (somewhat exposed) hikes that can be done solo (so no glacier travel) and preferably with little snow. I have an ice axe but sadly sold my B2 boots as I'm moving back to the UK soon, so (despite having crampons) I will be doing this in approach shoes/trail runners with only an ice axe.

I am staying in Squamish with no car so needs to be walking distance from the town. I'm looking for something long with technical sections, cool ridge walks, good views etc. But, long snow crossings are not preferable and I will be solo so no glaciers. Something between 15-30km (can be slightly more but not more than 40/50km) and a significant amount of vert (1-4000m). Just something cooler than the evac route under the gondola if it exists.

Unsure on snow conditions at the moment and haven't hiked much snow in BC hence asking for guidance. I have lots of icy/snowy experience so chopping steps isn't a huge deal - just doing it for a long time isn't very fun.

Any suggestions/recommendations would be awesome!!!

Hi everyone, I'm planning to do a few overnight hikes this summer.

The Juan de Fuca is on my list. And I'm eyeing up black Tusk as well. However, I just did panorama last year, so I wouldn't mind switching it up for something outside of Garibaldi.

I'd love any first hand recommendations. Ideally 1-2 nights max with a scenery that's worth the effort!

Any recommendations for hiking trails on Bowen island, aside from the route up Mt Gardner? I’m heading to Bowen this weekend with some friends (fingers crossed that the rain isn’t horrible….). The trail head needs to be fairly accessible by foot, seeing as we’re not bringing a car over. Thanks in advance!!

Hi! I am going on a trip to Vancouver in early June and really want to hike panorama ridge. I have read lots of reviews but my friends coming with me are skeptical about the difficulty of the hike, how long it takes, etc etc. I am confident we can do it but I wanted to ask for others thoughts on how difficult they found the hike, how long it took them, and if it is very snowy in June. We plan to do it as a day trip for reference.

I want to hike golden hinde this summer July 7-13 with friends. My friend is concerned the beginning of July is too early in the season to hike golden hinde and we would risk not being able to summit . Can anyone let me know when they’d consider an appropriate time to hike golden hinde ? Is the 1st / 2nd week of July too early?

Been itching to go on a small road trip over the weekend. Any hiking routes outside of LM (island including) worth visiting? Not into overnight hiking tho.

Edit: willing to drive out for a 3-4 days trip. Down for hotel/front country, not really interested in back-country camping.

TIA

I have a group of friends who are not super experienced with hiking, the hardest hike they've done is an 11km in length and 700m in elevation gain hike.

We're decently fit and are young too haha, do you guys think they are able to take on that hike?

The name of this lookout is Belcarra bluffs. I had never heard of this hike/lookout whenever i would be searching the web for hitting a new trail. I'm aware of the trails in the surrounding area (admirality, jug island, sasamat lake) but never came across this hike but maybe i'm just living under a rock.
Personally, i found the lookout to be breathtaking. The trail was unmarked all the way and i had to navigate through all trails pretty much the entire hike up and down the hill.
Also, i think that the trail is very secluded and unknown among public because the parking lot in the picnic area was full and we never came across a single person in the entire 4 hours we spent on the trail (except for the admirality point portion). So it's a great trail if you want to spend a few moments in solidarity.
All trails link- https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/belcarra-bluffs-and-admiralty-point-trail

May 28th 8pm for episode 1, weekly thereafter. On their channel [https://www.knowledge.ca/program/search-and-rescue-north-shore] and streaming online in the usual spot.

Episode guide:

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Hi! I’m looking to do an overnight hike somewhere in Vancouver/lowermainland! We’re thinking of just doing a quick one nighter with our dog! I’ve only done one other overnight hike (Watersprite) my partner hasn’t done one before. I’m looking for recommendations on locations where we will be able to set up camp with a nice view to watch sunset or sunrise but not crazy crazy difficult as mentioned before this is my partners first time. Thanks in advance :) any other overnight hiking tips would be great

Hello, my partner and I are visiting Vancouver for the first time in the mid-May. She has a work event, but we have three days to explore the area. I am wondering if the mountains in North Vancouver will still have snow? Would we be better off checking out some of the trails up the coast?

We live in the Boston, and most of the trails around us are snow free for 95% of the year. That being said while we can handle longer hikes (12-16km), but we are not used to hiking in deep snow and would like to avoid it. Thank you!

Hello, I’m planning a hike along Juan de fuca trail. I’ve seen online recommended 3 to 4 days, so planning on taking 4 days - 3 nights so not needing to rush.

Any tips for this hike? Best campsites to aim for - how much are camp sites and do they have places to refill water?

Any advice would be welcomed Thanks

I'm visiting from the states in early December and looking for some beginner friendly hiking spots. I know winter hiking in Vancouver can be pretty challenging, so I'm trying to stay on the side of caution. I was hoping to get to see some mountains or forest if possible with the weather. Thanks!

Did my first hike of the season today. Just the BCMC. I’ve been playing it safe and not hiking through the winter like I’d originally wanted to due to having no snow or backcountry experience. I wanted to start building that but not yet. But just doing the BCMC today reminded me how much I value getting back out there and frankly how much of a mini depressive slump I’ve been in lately. I’d love to get back to doing this every week again.

But the BCMC isn’t the most exciting lol. It’s fine and I’ll definitely take it and it’s a great one to warm up the legs for longer hikes later. But I’d like to also do others as well. Just looking for a list of hikes that are mostly safe in terms of avalanche risk etc to do until the snow really starts to clear and I can get back at the bigger peaks. Would love if there was some challenge to them too to work up the legs but it’s ok if not as well.

This might sound odd but I want a secluded but safe place to scream.

If trails don't work are there somewhere where I can scream?

Life is just kind of frustrating right now.

I thought of sports where I can have an excuse to make loud noises but at the same time I am looking for other options. It sounds therapeutic to go to a forest and scream

I’ve been looking for established hiking groups in Van lately and many of you keep suggesting the BCMC and ACC. I looked at their activities list and it looks great, but i’m concerned whether the members are more on the older side (like 40+?) and that i would stick out as a much younger person (very early 20s).

I’m not a fan of FB hiking groups for younger people purely b/c of safety reasons, so i was wondering if any members here could give me input =)

I’ll be in Van this week and want to do a summit hike close to Vancouver.

Any suggestions that won’t require crazy gear? I have boots and crampons if necessary. I just don’t know how snowy trails are in April.

What about the Mount Seymour trail to pump peak?

Visiting this weekend, interested in doing the BCMC trail (experienced backpacker, all precautions taken, etc). I see people have been doing it with no issues recently aside from lingering snow, anyone do it recently and have other opinions?

My second question is less of a hiking one, regarding the need for a Mountain Admission. Once I'm at the top am I free to walk around? Will probably take the $20 Gondola down. I see the bears are no longer in their den hibernating but no updates on if the attraction is open as I believe the mountain is still in spring ski mode. Just trying to make the most out of getting to the top.

edit: spoke too soon on the bears, they are back inside snoozin again.

Hi there!

I have a friend coming into town next weekend who really wants to do a hike while she’s here. I did Norvan falls a number of years ago, but other than remembering it as a super fun day, I don’t really remember that much about the trail itself.

My friend will not have hiking boots, just runners. Is Norvan falls still appropriate for us to do?

(Also I apologize if this is the wrong flair, first time poster here)

Beautiful hike. Definitely need crampons / micro spikes at this time of year. Solid and compacted snow, but the further I got up the snow got a lot softer and started to sink in some areas.

Hi guys, I've made reservations for the May 18 weekend for the Garibaldi Lake campground and i wanted some suggestions and insights about how the weather will be around that time as this would be my first time experiencing backcountry camping.
I'm new to this country and we did not have mountains back home, and i only started hiking last summer. I've done several 20 km+ hikes around vancouver and, in the rockies with decent elevation. I will be joined by two more fellows who share similar experience level as me. I'm moving to the east coast in June and i really wanted to complete Panorama Ridge and take it off my bucket list before i leave this beautiful province.

Judging by my experience level, do you guys think it would be safe for us to hit the trail and camp in May? any heads up or any recommendation/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.