Trip Ideas
Guidebooks
See the guidebooks page.
Hiking
Daytrips from Vancouver:
- Backside Trail of the Chief
- Needle Peak
- Mount Seymour
- West Lion
- Golden Ears
- Mount Brunswick
- Mount Harvey
- Williams Peak
Weekend trips from Vancouver :
Longer hikes :
- West Coast Trail
- Stein Valley
- South Chilcotin Mountains Provincial Park (Gun Creek and Spruce Lake Area)
- Indian Arm Loop Trail
Backcountry Skiing
Some good areas for daytrips:
- Diamond Head
- Mount Sproat near Whistler
- Mount Rohr 1 or 2 days
- Cayoosh Mountain 1 or 2 days
- Needle Peak 1 or 2 days
- Zoa Peak
Good weekend trips:
A lot of backcountry skiing in the coast range revolves around going to huts. Some good huts to visit for backcountry skiing are:
There are also a number of popular ski traverses near vancouver :
- Garibaldi Neve Traverse usually takes 2-4 days.
- Spearhead Traverse usually takes 2-5 days.
Rock Climbing
Climbing within weekend range of Vancouver revolves around Squamish. Beyond that, possible destinations are :
- Skaha outside of Penticton
- Leavenworth in Washington
- Frenchman's Coulee in Washington
- Smith Rock in Oregon
- Red Rocks just outside Las Vegas, Nevada
- Joshua Tree California.
- Canadian Rockies
Mountaineering and Alpine Climbing
Sea to Sky Corridor
There's tons of worthwhile objectives in the Sea to Sky Corridor north of Squamish.
Fraser Valley
Washington State
On Campus
If you can get your fix through a brief stint climbing on anthropogenic surfaces...