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Smuggler Cove - Our quick video overview of the trails

Hiker's mishap leads to long-line helicopter rescue on popular North Vancouver trail

Hike: Smuggler Cove Location: Sunshine Coast Difficulty: Easy Distance: 4 km Dogs allowed: Yes, on-leash... Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park is a beautiful coastal area near Halfmoon Bay, just north of Sechelt. The park offers a few short but beautiful hiking trails culminating in incredible ocean views. A large wetland area along the trail offers good birding. Scuba diving, swimming, and kayaking are also popular activities at Smuggler Cove, in addition to hiking.

Avalanches triggered by humans 'almost certain' on North Shore mountains, rescue group warns

This summer we had the opportunity to backpack the beautiful 47-kilometre Juan de Fuca Marine Trail on Vancouver Island. It was more difficult than expected, and a big adventure. We made a 20-minute film of the trek if you want to get a sense of what the JDF is all about! This style of video is a new experiment for us, so we hope you like it!

Hike: Juan de Fuca Marine Trail Location: Vancouver Island Difficulty: Difficult Distance: 47 km Dogs allowed: Yes, on-leash... The Juan de Fuca Marine Trail covers 47 kilometres of dense, coastal forest. The trail carries alongside and over beautiful pebble beaches, waterfalls, suspension bridges, and the occasional pit of mud. Okay, there can be lots of mud. The Juan de Fuca sits on the southwestern coast of Vancouver Island, between Botanical Beach in Port Renfrew and China Beach, which is just up the coast from Sooke. The trail lies just south of the popular West Coast Trail and is often hiked as a more-accessible alternative. https://www.outdoorvancouver.ca/hiking-juan-de-fuca-trail/

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Stoked to have our Hollyburn Mountain photo featured in Air Canada's En Route Magazine!

Caught on cam: Dramatic river rescue at Little Qualicum Falls

North Shore Rescue documentary finale details tragic avalanche death, warns of winter dangers

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Hike: Mount Thom Location: Chilliwack Difficulty: Moderate Distance: 8 km Dogs allowed: Yes, on-leash... Mount Thom summit is a popular hike in the Promontory neighborhood of Chilliwack. The hike is relatively short but provides plenty of elevation gain and a good workout. This makes Mt. Thom a popular destination for locals who want to get into nature and work up a sweat, without doing a full-day hike. Mount Thom is popular with trail runners, families, and locals who want to get a quick after-work hike during long summer evenings.

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North Shore Rescue documentary goes behind the scenes to show team's 'most trying times'

One photo from each of the 120 hiking guides on our site! How many can you recognize? If you want to browse them, we have a tool where you can filter by hike features like nearest city, distance, elevation, difficulty, dogs allowed, waterfalls, etc, etc! https://www.outdoorvancouver.ca/vancouver-hiking-trail-gui/

Hikers reminded to prepare for conditions as North Shore Rescue records another busy weekend

St. John's family of missing hiker in B.C. remains confident he will be found safe

Regional park use increases by 37% to 14.4 million visits so far in 2020, says Metro Vancouver

Our 3-minute video overview of hiking Mount Thom in Chilliwack!

The new Search and Rescue: North Shore series looks really interesting! Premieres Nov 10

Lost hikers in Sea-to-Sky mountains found with clothes frozen solid, sneakers soaked through

Hiker missing since Sep 24: "Mr. Wild may be in or near Squamish, Whistler, or Pemberton. He is familiar with trails and roads in those areas. His last known location is believed to be near Alice Lake in Squamish."

Up in the clouds for a 360 look around the the summit of Needle Peak.

A quick 6-minute video of our experience hiking Needle Peak! https://youtu.be/1zRQtDh-2NY

New guide! Needle Peak is a difficult hike in the Coquihalla Summit Recreation Area, near Hope, B.C. The hike is not a long one, but it has a difficult scramble to reach the summit. For those looking for a challenge, Needle Peak is a rewarding hike with incredible views in all directions. On a clear day, looming high above the summit of the Coquihalla Pass, Needle Peak offers views of the Coast and Cascade mountain ranges as far as the eye can see.

Deep Cove wildfire likely started at popular hiking lookout

Thousands rally to ‘Save MEC’ as board moves to sell co-op to U.S. company.

Iceberg Lake - Click and drag to look around!

Hike: Iceberg Lake Location: Whistler Difficulty: Difficult Distance: 15 km Dogs allowed: No... The hike up to Iceberg Lake follows 19 Mile Creek, which originates at Iceberg Lake. The 19 Mile Creek Trail is scenic and climbs through a beautiful forest. Along the way, you get views of Green Lake and pass by several waterfalls before emerging into a beautiful meadow. This is all before reaching Iceberg Lake itself. The lake sits below Rainbow Glacier and Rainbow Mountain, and remains partially frozen deep into the summer. The hike is moderately challenging until you reach the meadow. From the meadow, the final push up to Iceberg Lake is steep and difficult as you climb a boulder field.

Section of Coquitlam Crunch closed after bear filmed swatting at jogger