Opinion: Today wasn't the best day for this hike but we enjoyed it nonetheless. A pleasant mixture of old- and second-growth forest mostly on good hiking trails (good by North Shore standards anyway). We followed the route outlined in 105 Hikes, but we descended on Bill's Trail, rather then retracing our steps on the super-steep … Continue reading Mount Fromme, 8 Aug 2021
Opinion A mixed bag on this loop made up from a few trails around Mosquito Creek. It's all typical North Shore stuff: rooty, muddy, and steep. Some of it was bad, some of it was okay, and some of it yielded unexpected treasures (giant cedars!). Mostly I've never spent so long poring over a map … Continue reading Mosquito Creek, 31 May 2020
Opinion Every hike has its season, and the season for Norvan Falls is pretty much now. Despite the fact that the falls are not spectacular, and that the hike is long and not especially interesting, we really enjoyed today's trek. The light was perfect, the forest green was soothing, and the woodland flowers were blooming … Continue reading Norvan Falls, 2 Jun 2018
Grouse Mountain has it all wrong: the real Peak of Vancouver is undoubtedly Crown Mountain. It's been a long time coming but it was worth the wait: Crown is a spectacular hike/scramble with incredible views all around. It even has a stunning view of my favourite North Shore peak, Goat Mountain. Maria, Brenda and I … Continue reading Crown Mountain, 27 Jul 2014
Curiosity got the better of me and I simply had to visit that stretch of the Baden-Powell trail I hadn't yet covered. Well, turns out I wasn't missing anything! And looking at the map, I realized that the only stretch I hadn't hiked was really just the couple of km of suburban wanderings between Cleveland … Continue reading Baden-Powell Trail, 24 Mar 2014
Our first overnight kayak trip! We'd been wanting to do an overnight trip for ages and we were looking forward (mostly) to getting some significant paddling experience. It was Brenda's last chance to do any overnight trips before she returned to Ottawa, and we teamed up with her, Susanne, Dawn and her son Kyle to … Continue reading Indian Arm kayaking, 20-21 June 2009
Perhaps the last snowshoe trip of the season? We'll see. We just had to take advantage of a sunny Saturday. Beautiful snow conditions, just perfect spring snow. And we were amazed that it was so quiet. At one point we had the whole First and Second Peak area to ourselves. We contemplated the route to … Continue reading Mount Seymour (Second Peak), 18 Apr 2009
Our first snowshoe trip of 2009 took us to the same place as the last of 2008 :-) But so what? More snow had fallen, and despite the dim prospects of any views we met up with Andrew and set off for the summit. Parking was a challenge as the place was crawling with people … Continue reading Hollyburn Snowshoe, 11 Jan 2009
One last trip of 2008, one more snowshoe. Since we had been up to Mt Seymour a couple of weeks earlier, we opted for the Hollyburn access trail. The visibility was poor, and it only got worse. Still we had a pleasant wander through the trees in fresh snow. On reaching the start of the … Continue reading Hollyburn Snowshoe, 28 Dec 2008
Goat Mountain via the BCMC trail. One last chance to hike before the snow comes... A great hike, and starting from the bottom made it a good workout. Maybe next time we'll actually get to the end of Goat Ridge! Distance: 12 km Elevation gain: 1400 m Photos on Flickr
Being. Outdoors. 