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
- Stawamus Chief backside trail
- 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
Hitchhiking
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.
Multimodal Self Propelled
a combination of biking, paddling, walking, and climbing.
- Meslilloet Mountain
- Judge Howay Good luck, you'll need it!