Car free trips

Many VOCers can't afford cars, but that doesn't mean you have to scrounge a ride to get out. This page is dedicated to trips that can be pulled off without a car.

Buses

Many trips in West and North Vancouver are accessible by city bus, or various shuttle busses. Check the Translink website for bus schedules.

• Colliseum Mountain
• Crown Mountain
• Grouse Grind
• Lighthouse Park
• Lynn Peak
• Lynn Valley to Grouse Mountain Loop - a.k.a Hanes Valley
• Lynn Lake
• Mount Gardner on Bowen Island
• West Lion
• Mount Brunswick
• Mount Harvey

Greyhound runs Regular service between Vancouver and Whistler providing good access to trailheads for:

• Garibaldi Lake and Black Tusk 2km extra walk or hitchhike from highway to trailhead
• Singing Pass and Russet Lake
• Howe Sound Crest Trail north end
• Brew Hut via Brew Lake Trail from Brandywine Falls
• Spearhead Traverse
• Backside Trail of the Chief
• Squamish rock climbing

Also, the West Coast Trail is serviced by a private bus company - West Coast Trail Express. They provide service to the trailheads from Victoria and Nanaimo

Combination

• Stein Valley by Bus + short hitchhikes along Lillooet Lake Road and to from Lytton to the trailhead
• Mount Sproatt by Bus + hitchhike to trailhead from Whistler Village
• Rainbow Mountain by Bus + hitchhike to trailhead from Whistler Village
• Diez Vistas by Bus in the summer + walking to Buntzen Lake

Cycling

Biking to the trailhead opens up access to a lot of nearby parks that are hard to get to by bus. For these trips, city busses will generally get you close, but not quite all the way there.

• Golden Ears
• Cypress Bowl Ski Area

Multimodal Self Propelled

a combination of biking, paddling, walking, and climbing.

• Meslilloet Mountain
• Judge Howay Good luck, you'll need it!