Hey all, I have a medium clearance AWD suv, so I am considering taking chance creek FSR and parking at the cloudburst branch and then hiking 3.5 km to branch 200 FSR for the lower trailhead of tricouni west peak. Has anyone done this ? what elevation can you get driving up branch 200 if you have medium clearance SUV (7.5 inches clearance)? If I can get to atleast 600 meters elevation on branch 200, it makes sense to just take it instead of the chance creek FSR. I have driven FSRs to trailheads around 30 times before but most of them were in moderate conditions. I took into account of the additional distance and elevation gain it adds the hike and I plan to start earlier accordingly. Appreciate any input , thanks !

I checked other trip reports on all trails and Facebook, some mention they have been able to make it up FSR 200 in SUVs until the washout but others recommended 4x4 even until the washout.

Hi friends, i have a reservation for a tent platform at Watersprite Lake later this week and just realized the details of the res do not include the tent platform number. I specifically remember selecting a site. Has this happened to anyone? What if I occupy the site I thought I reserved and someone else also thinks they reserved the same site?

Thanks!

I’m wondering if anyone has gone to Sloquet hotsprings lately? I’m coming from Whistler and it seems like the upper forest service road from the pemberton side looks closed. Does anyone know if it’s only accessible from Harrison or if I can still get there from the north side access road?

Hi everyone! My wife and I are looking for hike recommendations that we can reach by public transit from downtown Vancouver. We’re both beginner/intermediate hikers and are looking for something moderately challenging, with some elevation gain but nothing too technical.
Sorry if this has already been asked! I searched but couldn’t find a similar post, so please redirect me if there’s a better thread.
Thanks!

My friends and I previously completed Saint Marks Summit and we found it decently easy. Are there any hikes that are slightly more difficult with an amazing view like Saint Marks? (also if there is one where you can easily slide down using bum sliding it would be appreciated). We hope to complete the hike before summer ends.

Hi everyone, I am moving away from Canada and loved here my whole life. The only hike I've been on was the golden ears peak and that was brutal but beautiful. More so mentally then physically seemed like it went on forever, I'm 23M and box/go gym for my fitness level context.

I don't want to do a hike that extreme level of difficultly but I would like some suggestions for breath taking views and such. Don't mind a bit of a drive but I couldn't get Joffre Lake pass either so was looking for advice guys.

I have 2 weeks left before I move. Better late then never, would just want day trip hikes basically don't have access to camping n stuff.

I don't wanna leave here without experiencing BC a bit. (I live in tricities for context)

If there's anything that stands out that might not meet this requirement please let me know what I'm missing out on possibly too. Thanks!

TLDR: Put me onto your best hikes with views that are under 6 hours total time of hiking but also max 2-3 hours away from the tricities.

Where are people buying and selling used gear and apparel? Do you typically post/buy on Facebook marketplace, or are there any alternatives you’d recommend? Thanks! 

I am taking my friend, who has two small dogs, on a hike and am currently researching which trail to go to. Her dogs have no hiking experience, and I don't know how much stamina they have to complete a hike. I have already searched this sub and the internet for recommendations, but they are usually recommending dog friendly trails, but nothing about which one is good for a small dog.

Can anyone please suggest a hike that has:

• Scenic views along the way or at the end
• Not too many steps or stairs so it won't overwhelm a small dog
• Ideally, within a 1-hour drive from downtown Vancouver
• Ideally less than 3 hours? I am actually prepared to just carry them if they get tired so would be tough (for me) if the trail is too long.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

Did Slalok Mountain a few weeks ago with a few buddies. We were the only ones past the 3rd lake. Lots of boulder hopping, some minor bushwacking, and very fun scrambling.

If the only hike you have done is the grouse grind or the chief, please don't do this one. It is easy to get lost, slip on the scrambling portions or hurt yourself on the boulders.

Hi all! me and a couple friends are looking at doing Semaphore Lakes as a 3 day / 2 night trip.

Plan would basically be:

Day 1: hike into Semaphore Lakes and camp
Day 2: do the full Train Loop with light packs, Face -> Faceless -> Caboose -> Tender -> Locomotive -> back to camp
Day 3: hike out

We’ve done hikes like Panorama Ridge and Heather Trail and are pretty comfortable with long days/elevation, but this would be our first time doing any serious scrambling and off trail route finding.

We do want to start getting into scrambling, just not sure if this is way too big of a jump for a first one lol.

We’d have offline maps and microspikes and obviously wouldn’t force it if weather/conditions were bad.

For anyone who’s done it, do you think this is a reasonable first serious scramble if we take our time, or are we better off doing a few easier ones first?

I’m driving up to watersprite tomorrow and saw a review of someone saying to not follow the Google Maps directions as it was wrong. Is this true and if so how should I get up?

If someone has a hike planned around Vancouver or surrounding areas please message me
We are looking to tag along
We can travel

Thanks

Hi !

I am looking to join Panorama ridge hike this Saturday if anyone has empty spot in their car ! I am willing to chip in for gas money and provide a good company along the way !

Can meet around downtown vancouver or whistler (I might stay for the weekend).

A bit about me: I've done some multi days trekking in the past, most recent I did the Chief the past weekend took me around 4 hours and hit all 3 peaks !

I've wanted to climb Tremor Mountain for a while, but it is almost exclusively climbed on skis, and I don't tour. Tremor is the highpoint of the Spearhead Range, which is the Northern half of the Spearhead Traverse between Blackcomb and Whistler.

There isn't much info online about Tremor in the summer, but I was able to find a couple old trip reports, and found that some of the local guiding outfits run summer multi-day mountaineering courses around it, and figured it couldn't be too involved. My brother and I set off after work one day last week, and caught the last gondola up. We rambled over to below Decker, and setup camp for the night.

The evening was quite smokey, but the wind and smoke forecasts did call for a clearing overnight. We were content the next morning to awake to clear skies, and set off towards the Trorey Glacier.

We found the glaciers to be in largely great condition with easy travel. The only real glacial hazard we had to deal with was the bergschrund below Tremor, which we easily bypassed on climber's left. After that the summit of Tremor was an easy 2nd class walk-up:

On the way back we climbed Pattison, and then were able to bypass the Trorey Glacier by climbing Trorey. Eventually we made it back to our camp, which we quickly broke down before heading back to download at the gondola.

Overall I'd say that Tremor, and at least the Northern half of the Spearhead Traverse makes for a fun summer objective, so long as you know how to travel on glaciers. The Southern half of the range (Macbeth to Overlord) looked more rowdy, and probably requires more caution.

I got to the chimney of black tusk today and didn't feel super confident so turned back. I was solo and no one was around which didn't help. Physically, I would have no problem but the confidence just wasn't there. I've done brunswick, crown mountain, mt. harvey, the needle peak hike and found those all the be pretty easy and had no issue. Any recommendation for hikes to do to build confidence, I'd like to do the black tusk chimney and west lion some day.

Hi everyone!

My girlfriend and I are in Canada and want to do some sunrise hikes. We asked some locals and apparently the bear population is pretty big right now and hiking around sunrise would be pretty dangerous.

We went to Bass Pro Shops in Tsawwassen (which is an experience in itself, wow!), but were taken aback by the price, a single can of bear spray was almost 100 CAD!

Is it this expensive everywhere? Or does anyone maybe have a can left over and is traveling home soon?

Thanks!

My wife and I are coming to BC for our first time and are looking for some input. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated!

We are looking to come up on a Friday night from Washington and we're planning to stay in Chilliwack the first night and then we're going to hike cheap peak trail, maybe one other shorter one in that area as well.

From there we were planning to head to Vancouver and spend the night there before making an early arrival to Panorama Ridge. We were planning to do the Panorama Ridge as a day hike. I was reading that day passes get reserved almost immediately. We were thinking of buying a backcountry camping pass for helm creek to guarantee oir access to panorama ridge even though we are just doing a day hike.

We arent too worried about the extra cost as we are already spending a good amount to come out and would like to do that hike. Is there any concerns by doing this?

Does anyone have any other recommendations or thoughts for us? We are aware its a very long hike for a day but we are pretty active so not too worried about the length.

I have already researched the overnight pass and from what I found this shouldn't be an issue. We have done a decent amount of 13 and 14 mile hikes with good elevation gain before.

Thank you!

Has anyone done the Spearhead traverse in the summer? It's a popular route amongst backcountry skiers/splitboarders, which is how I did a portion of it.

I'm collecting some info to determine if this is something I'll want to do next summer. I've read that theres some grade 2&3 srambling in some sections.

Thanks!

Hi

Im planning for solo Pump Peak hike to see sunset. Can anyone give me advice of timeline that I should start ? I have done this hike during winter so I don’t think it will be challenging for me, however, Vancouver is getting dark sooner so I am just wondering if there are any experts here who can give me advices.

I am literally so excited now. Thank you

I’m hoping to find a good weather window sometime this September to be able to give this one a try. I recently did the west lion scramble via HSCT and down the Binkert.(and the final ascent completely alone — there were no other souls there other than my group at the base). I went off-route a
One time in to borderline class 5 but kept backtracking and finding the correct route (30min up 20min down). It was extremely sketchy no doubt tho the Crux traverse after the initial notch was moderately as hard as I had thought it would be (I did not use the chains as to challenge myself for future endeavours). I personally found the second crux up higher to be way harder as there was only room for what felt like your fingertips and toes but nevertheless the conditions were dry so I continued. Is Robie Reid a good next objective?

Hello
we are planning doing 5040 peak this weekend Aug 29th - 30th as overnight hike. We are confused when the actual road closure leading into the trail head actually starts. BC parks states road closure is on the 1st Sep but alpine website page says it’s the 30th the road is closed. Does anyone have any clarity on this?
Much appreciated!!

This past Monday I wanted to see how quickly I could trail run Panorama Ridge. I’ve gotten into running over the past year or two with the goal of making myself fitter for big hikes and scrambles and wanted to put it to the test. My only other time doing pano was probably 5+ years ago where we hiked it in the standard 10-11 hours. I saw some trip reports where people with similar marathon finish times as me did pano or pano + black tusk in the 4.5-6 hour range, so I figured that would be a good goal to aim for, although the thought of shaving off 6 hours from my last time there seemed intimidating.

Anyways, got to the TH at about 9 and set off. I wanted to finish the switchbacks in about an hour and I averaged about 10-11 min/km for the first 6 k which had me right on schedule. It was a pretty good mix of running and power hiking, honestly maybe 30-40% running. Getting to the meadow I started running more but also slowing down to take pics as the views got better and better.

As the meadow opened up it became an absolute joy to just flow through such beautiful terrain. In the end, I got to the main viewpoint at basically 2:30 exactly. I forgot that the true summit was a little further up so add 5 or so min to that once I remembered to go up there.

Took a nice long hour lunch break at the top to soak in all the views and made my way back down. Despite going almost twice as fast as my ascent, bombing down the switchbacks was mentally quite draining and it felt every bit as much of a slog as hiking down, whereas power hiking up felt so much faster. In the end, made it down in about 1:40, for a final count of 4:10 moving or 5:20 car to car.

Pretty psyched on this and will have to go back to see what I can do with tagging black tusk as well!

Looking for a budget options for strap pouches.

I intend to use it for my cellphone or pocket sized camera or wallet.

Any recommendations?