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
- Mount Gadner on Bowen Island
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
Also, the West Coast Trail is serviced by a private bus company.
Hitchhiking
Combination
- Stein Valley by Bus + short hitchhikes along Lillooet Lake Road and to the Lytton 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.
Multimodal Self Propelled
a combination of biking, paddling, walking, and climbing.
- Mesliloet Mountain
- Judge Howay Good luck, you'll need it!