Lower Mainland Hikers
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Misty Tantalus Mountain range. #lowermainlandhikers

Any day spent at Manning Park is a magical day. Mt. Kelly. This trail is a nice shorter intermediate trail. It is about 7.5km return with 550m elevation gain. To access the trail, I'd recommend using @alltrails directions to see where you need to park. Parking is very limited as you have to park on the side of the highway. ... The snow conditions were hard packed for a good portion. You could get away with spikes for the first half at least if you preferred but the snow was fluffy up top. Typically the snow is usually soft at Manning Park so we wore snowshoes the whole way to avoid having to change into them part way up. There were quite a few fallen trees on the trail, probably from the recent windstorm. So we had to maneuver around those but it was definitely doable and added to the adventure! When you make it to the peak you have to roam around to find a nice viewpoint. We were lucky enough to get this viewpoint to ourselves for lunch! Thanks @manningpark ... you never disappoint! Friendly snowshoe reminders: *Check the avalanche forecast before deciding where to go (or if you should go at all) on the Avalanche Canada website. *Research the trail beforehand, are you crossing any major avalanche zones? (**Mt. Kelly does cross Avalanche terrain, there's a sign right at the beginning of the trail**) *Highly recommend taking an avalanche safety course if you haven't yet. *Wear/bring the appropriate gear for the conditions plus 10 essentials *Leave a detailed trip plan with someone who will be expecting to hear from you when you're back. Have fun but be safe! #lowermainlandhikers #manningpark

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Have you ever gone out into nature when you were in a bad mood and left still feeling off?? .... Ya me neither. Nature is my number 1 healer! Drop a if you can relate. ... #lowermainlandhikers

2020 Recap! This year was different but still filled with many Epic outdoor adventures! Looking forward to when we can all expand our circles again and I can meet more of you amazing hikers! HAPPY NEW YEAR! -Steph

I know many people are ready to say goodbye to 2020 but before you say goodbye may I offer a suggestion? Make sure you take some time to reflect on the emotions the past year brought up. Many of us were triggered by events that went on in 2020. Our reactions, feelings, and behaviors are usually not because of the event itself... They often reflect trauma or emotions that have been buried and unresolved from previous events in our lives. ... Its not 2020's fault if you feel a certain way. It is your responsibility to reflect and do the inner work to feel better after being emotionally triggered by an event. So my suggestion is to write down all of the emotions that were brought up from the past year. How do you plan to release these emotions so you can move on to the new year stronger? What lessons can be learned from any negative circumstances that arose for you? There are a number of different ways to do the inner work to resolve these emotions and make sure that you can move forward positively. (If you need any suggestions please message me as I've been doing a ton of inner work this past year myself) And instead of thinking 2020 was the worst year of your life maybe you can say "Hey 2020 presented a lot of challenges for me but I learned ____ about myself, or I have a new strategy for dealing with stress when a shocking or uncertain event comes up, or I have a newfound appreciation for _____." Whatever resonates with you. Yes, leave 2020 behind BUT make sure you aren't taking unresolved negative emotions with you in 2021. Wishing you all the best. Sending lots of healing and love. I know I don't know the hardships you may have gone through and my intention is not to disregard them but my hope is you will take the time to do the self care you may be really needing. Cheers to the New Year. #lowermainlandhikers

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Disappointing to hear that people are still going out unprepared but hopefully these people learned a hard lesson. Please learn from stories like this, the mountains from now onwards are ever changing as far as conditions go until summer. Please do your research before you head on higher elevation hikes. Invest in proper gear, appropriate layers, 10 essentials (along with any other additional gear needed for your hike), AST training for snowshoeing in the backcountry, etc etc. Thank You Lions Bay Search and Rescue for rescuing these people.

Enjoying the view of Blanchard Mountain up on Alouette Mountain at Golden Ears Park. I've seen various stats for this hike but from Mike Lake starting at Incline trail, you are looking at around 20ish km return with 1100m elevation gain. You can access Alouette mountain from West canyon trail too but you'll be doing a steeper harder hike from that end. This trail was actually quite nice just long and more of a push at the end with recent snowfall. Quite honestly I wouldn't ...recommend this hike now that the gate hours have reduced significantly at Golden Ears Park. I'm not sure why the hours are so short. They are now 8am-5:30pm. So we didn't have any wiggle room to take it easy or really get to relax and enjoy the views up top. If you're like the other people we saw who were running up then you might have time to relax up top It took us almost 8 hours return to hike this trail. But anyway it was still great to get outside. Golden Ears park is always a treat. The trail is gorgeous especially with the snow and sun peaking through the trees. Microspikes were really had for the first couple km down from the top as it was slippery but a majority of the trail is doable without spikes. Gaiters are nice to have for the mud and snow. I was very grateful I chose to wear them haha. It was freezing up top, my fingers were burning from the cold after eating my sandwich. Hope you're all having an amazing, safe, adventurous weekend! #lowermainlandhikers

Enjoying the view of Blanchard Mountain up on Alouette Mountain at Golden Ears Park. I've seen various stats for this hike but from Mike Lake starting at Incline trail, you are looking at around 20ish km return with 1100m elevation gain. You can access Alouette mountain from West canyon trail too but you'll be doing a steeper harder hike from that end. This trail was actually quite nice just long and more of a push at the end with recent snowfall. Quite honestly I wouldn't ...recommend this hike now that the gate hours have reduced significantly at Golden Ears Park. I'm not sure why the hours are so short. They are now 8am-5:30pm. So we didn't have any wiggle room to take it easy or really get to relax and enjoy the views up top. If you're like the other people we saw who were running up then you might have time to relax up top It took us almost 8 hours return to hike this trail. But anyway it was still great to get outside. Golden Ears park is always a treat. The trail is gorgeous especially with the snow and sun peaking through the trees. Microspikes were really had for the first couple km down from the top as it was slippery but a majority of the trail is doable without spikes. Gaiters are nice to have for the mud and snow. I was very grateful I chose to wear them haha. It was freezing up top, my fingers were burning from the cold after eating my sandwich. Hope you're all having an amazing, safe, adventurous weekend! #lowermainlandhikers

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It's here! I finished writing an extensive blog on our backpacking adventures on the Berg Lake Trail last month! Check it out and please leave a comment on the website! http://lowermainlandhikers.com/berg-lake-trail/

The iconic Helmcken Falls at Wells Gray Park. Anyone else feeling a little bummed that summer's coming to an end? I keep reminiscing about all of the great memories from this summer, however, I am looking forward to some beautiful fall hikes! #lowermainlandhikers

Check out a video of our adventures this past weekend at Garibaldi Park! And please subscribe to Lower Mainland Hikers on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay6bNK2smPM

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Check out a video of our adventures this past weekend at Garibaldi Park! And please subscribe to Lower Mainland Hikers on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay6bNK2smPM

Hey Black Tusk... I'll be back for you next time #lowermainlandhikers

Well... I think I just found my new favorite sunset spot A great overnighter adventure. We camped at Helm Creek in Garibaldi park and hiked up to Panorama Ridge for sunset. Fun times hiking down to camp in the dark, listening to music and admiring the stars. Hike to Panorama Ridge from parking lot at Cheakamus is almost 30km return with over 1500m elevation gain. Helm creek campground is close to half way up. Reservations/camping permits are required and are made online... on the BC parks discover camping website. #lowermainlandhikers

Moira @moira_teevan taking in the views of the mighty Emperor Falls at Mt. Robson park. #waterfallwednesday #lowermainlandhikers

Get your waterfall fix by visiting Wells Gray Park near Clearwater, BC. Currently there are 41 waterfalls named there with more tucked away in the wilderness to be discovered! I've only seen 4 of these waterfalls, so I'll be back for more in the future! Pictured here is Dawson Falls.... My favorite so far has to be Moul falls because I loved that I could run behind it and hang out in the cave beside it (check out a pic of Moul falls in a recent post of mine). Have you been to Wells Gray? If so, which waterfall is your favorite? #lowermainlandhikers #waterfallwednesday

Well... I think I just found my new favorite sunset spot A great overnighter adventure. We camped at Helm Creek in Garibaldi park and hiked up to Panorama Ridge for sunset. Fun times hiking down to camp in the dark, listening to music and admiring the stars. Hike to Panorama Ridge from parking lot at Cheakamus is almost 30km return with over 1500m elevation gain. Helm creek campground is close to half way up. Reservations/camping permits are required and are made online... on the BC parks discover camping website. #lowermainlandhikers

Moira @moira_teevan taking in the views of the mighty Emperor Falls at Mt. Robson park. #waterfallwednesday #lowermainlandhikers

Check out a full video of our recent Berg Lake backpacking adventure! Missing this place like crazy! If you haven't done this trail yet, definitely put it on your list! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPIDJsi0gdk

Day 3... the most magical hike at Mt. Robson park: Snowbird Pass (21km 780m elevation gain.) Originally I thought the elevation gain was much more. Confusing stats out there on different trail apps lol. Anyway probably felt like a lot more after being exhausted from backpacking the 2 days before ... This hike was so beautiful and it was hard to choose just 10 photos for this post because I took the most photos on this day. You get to see 2 glaciers, many surrounding mountain peaks, interesting colored rocks, rivers, waterfalls, alpine meadows, marmots and if you're lucky mountain goats. I was really hoping to see mountain goats but I didn't. Some of my friends did though. Make sure you make time to add this hike in on your backpacking trip here. This hike just keeps on giving with the beautiful scenery. There's a couple mountain peaks at the pass that you can summit if you have the energy too. Next time! Snowbird pass sits on the BC/ Alberta border so half of our phones changed to Mountain time, while the others stayed in Pacific time. Time didn't matter on this trip anyway lol. #lowermainlandhikers

Day 1 of our Berg Lake backpacking trip. *Trailhead to Whitehorn Campground Today was a nice sunny start and thankfully the rain held off until we got our tents set up at camp. The trail starts by following a gorgeous turquoise river leading to Kinney lake. I didn't realize Kinney lake would be so big as we walked around the lake for a good couple kms. We had a snack break at Kinney campground which is 7km in. Then we carried on 4 more kms until Whitehorn campground. ... I wasn't expecting much from Whitehorn campground but I actually really liked it. You are in a mountainous valley with a big rushing river. You cross over a big suspension bridge over the river to get to camp (which was kind of sketchy carrying so much weight lol). This first half of the trail is the easier stretch, as you only gain around 300m in 11km, so its a nice start and end of the trail. We were glad we had split up our trip in a way where we never had to rush or become extremely exhausted. Day 2 coming up on the next post #lowermainlandhikers @ Mount Robson, British Columbia See more

Wow, I don't even know where to start with posting about our 6 day, 5 night trip at Mt. Robson park to Berg Lake. What a gorgeous place. I was with the best group of people and met some nice people too. It was like everything going on in the world was obsolete. All we had to do was just enjoy nature and the people around us. I'm still trying to figure out how many kms total we did over the past week. We also had added in some fun at Wells gray park the day before too. But w...e went at least 80km and over 2000m elevation gain. We had all different kinds of weather ranging from zero degrees to 30 degrees. Rain, sun, hail, wind lol. More info, photos, videos and a blog coming soon! #lowermainlandhikers

Day 1 of our Berg Lake backpacking trip. *Trailhead to Whitehorn Campground Today was a nice sunny start and thankfully the rain held off until we got our tents set up at camp. The trail starts by following a gorgeous turquoise river leading to Kinney lake. I didn't realize Kinney lake would be so big as we walked around the lake for a good couple kms. We had a snack break at Kinney campground which is 7km in. Then we carried on 4 more kms until Whitehorn campground. ... I wasn't expecting much from Whitehorn campground but I actually really liked it. You are in a mountainous valley with a big rushing river. You cross over a big suspension bridge over the river to get to camp (which was kind of sketchy carrying so much weight lol). This first half of the trail is the easier stretch, as you only gain around 300m in 11km, so its a nice start and end of the trail. We were glad we had split up our trip in a way where we never had to rush or become extremely exhausted. Day 2 coming up on the next post #lowermainlandhikers @ Mount Robson, British Columbia See more

Time for a new adventure! On Tuesday, I will head out with the crew on a 5 day backpacking to Berg Lake at Mt Robson Park. It wasn't too long ago I told people I'd never be a backpacker and now here I am, going on a 5 day trip. I told myself before that it wasn't possible because of my back issues. However, that was just a limit I had placed on myself instead of actually dealing with the issue and finding ways to accommodate it.... We place a lot of limits on ourselves. Many of us are not operating at our full capacities. Our limits come from over identifying with illness, society, friends, family, etc. Instead of saying I CAN'T, why not say HOW CAN I? That phrase right there is changing my life one day at a time. #lowermainlandhikers

Dear BC, you know I love you and celebrate you every day! But I guess I better give you a special shout out today! Your beauty blows my mind every day I step out of my house. I've lived here all of my life and still cannot believe my eyes. You've provided us nature addicts with an abundant amount of adventures. Most if us, like myself, have barely even scratched the surface here! Looking forward to discovering more mind blowing nature spots over the years in this magical pl...ace I call home. Love: Steph #lowermainlandhikers See more

A few more photos from yesterday’s adventure to Yak Peak! Feeling that hike today for sure lol. Just under 6km return ~800m elevation gain

Mountains for days at Yak Peak. This hike is a steep climb gaining around 800m in barely 3km. Pretty technical hike. Definitely not a beginner hike. Wouldn't recommend in the heat. Woops. We underestimated our time up so as we were coming down we were hiking in 30+ degrees of heat. That was tough, especially during the boulder section. Worth it of course! Lots of sunscreen and water today. And of course bug spray that I'm certain doesn't even work anymore lol. #lowermainlandhikers

A tropical paradise right here in beautiful BC. I never knew we had turquoise lakes that aren't freezing cold until now! Nice camping here the other day but very buggy! Nice on the lake though. The skeeters seem to leave you alone when you're on the water. It's first come first serve for camping at Bluey Lake. And it's 4x4 access not far off the road leading to Kentucky Alleyne park. ... Highly recommend. And remember to follow Leave No Trace principles while camping. It still boggles my mind how people leave trash and toilet paper when they leave a site. Let's all do our part to respect the environment and others who would also like to enjoy the camping spot. #lowermainlandhikers @ Bluey Lake

Do you ever feel like you're in a painting when you're at Manning Park? I have to pinch myself that what I'm seeing is real. Yesterdays views from Lone Goat mountain. We started at Strawberry flats and took the Skyline 1 trail. Accidently started looping back at the junction (no regrets). Turned around and headed on Skyline 2 like we meant to. Thanks @alltrails for always saving our butts lol.... Summiting Lone Goat is a little confusing as the trail is tiny and the map you find on Alltrails doesn't quite take you up there. You just have to keep going a bit and you'll see the tiny trail up on the right. We did a total of 25km and ~1250m elevation gain yesterday. More photos to come. Wildflowers are blooming nice in some areas (more so closer to Lone goat). In others they still need to bloom. #lowermainlandhikers

Check out the latest blog that Lower Mainland Hiker's awesome blog contributor Emily has written! Do you have any other helpful hiking hacks? Let us know in the comments below! http://lowermainlandhikers.com/10-unbelievable-hiking-hacks/

Looking down at Diez vistas wondering why Halvor lunden trail isn't called Diez vistas instead. Photo taken at the Pulpit viewpoint on Lindsey Lake loop. #lowermainlandhikers

Summited Mount Beautiful yesterday. A nice 10 hour day. I'm definitely feeling it today! As you can see we had some dark clouds hovering above us but thankfully didn't block our views. I'm sure you are all experiencing the excessive bug situation this year so I can assure you it was very buggy yesterday lol. @lolo.explores and I originally set out to follow the @alltrails map for "Tangled summit via Halvor lunden trail". We got to "Tangled summit" and there were no views. So... we decided to carry on to Mt. Beautiful, in hopes that it would hold up to it's name. Well it definitely did! We got Indian arm/city views on one side and Coquitlam lake/valley views on the other side. Pretty cool! I can't tell you exact stats except that Lauren's strava app said we hiked 28km. I believe we for sure did 25km. Mt. Beautiful is 1260m elevation. We had some loss and gain to get to Mt. Beautiful, so our cumulative elevation gain was probably a bit more than 1260m. We also completed the Lindsey lake loop as well up there. It was a good 10 hour day (including some short breaks). Just a couple of random snow patches closer to Mt. Beautiful and many muddy spots but spikes are definitely not needed. If you park at Buntzen lake, like we did, be mindful of gate hours. They are only open from 8am to 8pm. A very gorgeous adventure with many viewpoints, especially if you go the viewpoint way to Lindsey lake. And the cool thing is you can access Mt. Beautiful other ways too! Enjoy if you check this one out! Highly recommend downloading an offline AllTrails map before hand. #lowermainlandhikers

Canada... I've lived here all of my life and you never cease to leave me breathless with your beauty! Happy Canada Day! I am so grateful to call this place home! #lowermainlandhikers @ British Columbia