Below are a list of Vancouver hikes rated easy, intermediate and difficult. Reading guide: OW= one way RT= round trip and EG= elevation gain. This is just a general guide and return time is based on an average hiker.

*Underlined hikes contain links to previous blog posts of mine.

EASY TRAILS

  • Quarry Rock (1.5 hour RT, 3.8km, 100m EG)
  • Cypress Falls (1.5 hour RT, 3km, 130m EG)
  • Dam Mountain (2 hour RT, 5km, 260m EG)
  • Bowen Lookout (1.5 hour RT, 4 km, 110m EG)
  • Deer Lake (1 hour RT, 5km, minimal EG)
  • Dog Mountain (2 hour RT, 5km, minimal EG)
  • Burnaby Lake (2 hour RT, 10km, minimal EG)
  • Fisherman’s Trail (5 hour RT, 12km, 115m EG)
  • Capilano Canyon (1 hour RT, 2.6km, 100m EG)
  • Foreshore Trail (3 hour RT, 10km, 40m EG)
  • Iona Beach (1.5 hour RT, 6km, minimal EG)
  • Lighthouse Park (2 hour RT, 6km, minimal EG)
  • Little Goat Mountain (2.5 hour RT, 5.5km, 240m EG)
  • Goldie Lake (2 hour RT, 3km, 100m EG)
  • Lynn Loop (1.5 hour RT, 5km, 160m EG)
  • Maplewood Flats (0.75 hour RT, 2.5km, minimal EG)
  • Whyte Lake (2 hour RT, 5.3km, 178m EG)
  • Mystery Lake (1.5 hour RT, 3km, 140m EG)
  • Twin Falls (>1 hour RT, 1km, 60m EG)
  • Pacific Spirit Regional Park (3 hour RT, 10km, minimal EG)
  • Rice Lake (1 hour RT, 3km, minimal EG)
  • Thunderbird Ridge (2.5 hour RT, 6km, 190m EG)
  • Whytecliff Park (1.5 hour RT, 2km, 75m EG)
  • Lost Lake Trail (3.5 hour RT, 6.9km, 235m EG)
  • Yew Lake Loop Trail (>1 hour RT, 2.4km, minimal EG)
  • Historic Mushroom Loop (1 hour RT, 3.1km, 147m EG)
  • Boundary Trail/Figure 8 Loop (1 hour RT, 1.9km, 75m EG)

INTERMEDIATE TRAILS

  • Big Cedar & Kennedy Falls (4 hour RT, 10km, 150m EG)
  • Eagle Ridge Bluffs (4 hour RT, 8km, 350m EG)
  • Burnaby Mountain (3 hour RT, 7.5km, 300m EG)
  • Capilano Pacific Trail (4 hour RT, 15km, 236m EG)
  • Goat Mountain (4 hour RT, 8km, 300m EG)
  • Hollyburn Mountain (3.5 hour RT, 7km, 450m EG)
  • Lower Hollyburn (4.5 hour RT, 10km, 500m EG)
  • Lynn Peak (4 hour RT, 9km, 720m EG)
  • Baden Powell Deep Cove to Lynn Canyon (5 hr OW, 12km, 420mEG)
  • Brother’s Creek Loop (4 hour RT, 7km 350m EG)
  • Baden Powell Lynn Canyon to Grouse(5 hour OW, 10km, 200m EG)
  • Mount Seymour (5 hour RT, 9km, 450m EG)
  • Saint Mark’s Summit (5 hour RT, 11km, 460m EG)
  • Norvan Falls (5 hour RT, 14km, 195m EG)
  • Mount Fromme (5 hour RT, 11km, 850m EG)
  • Mount Strachan (5 hour RT, 10.5km, 525m EG)
  • Skyline Trail (3 hour RT, 5km, 550m EG)
  • Velodrome Trail (1 hour RT, 3km, 240m EG)
  • Black Mountain via Cypress (2 hour RT, 5.3km, 356m EG)
  • Collins Trail (4 hour RT, 7.25km, 518m EG)
  • Brockton Point (2 hour RT, 3.86km, 218m EG)
  • Pump Peak (4 hour RT, 6.75km, 473m EG)
  • Old Buck/Baden Powell/Bridle Loop (2.5 hour RT, 6.1km, 318m EG)

DIFFICULT TRAILS

  • Crown Mountain (7 hour RT, 9.8km, 385m EG)
  • Coliseum Mountain (10 hour RT, 23.5km, 1245m EG)
  • Grouse Grind (1.5 hour OW, 2.9km, 853m EG)
  • BCMC Trail (1.5 hour OW, 3km, 853m EG)
  • Hanes Valley Trail (8.5 hour OW, 16km, 1320m EG)
  • Lynn Lake (8 hour RT, 22km, 600m EG)
  • Mount Bishop (11 hour RT, 36km, 1270m EG)
  • South Needle (8 hour RT, 16km, 963m EG)
  • Mount Elsay (8 hour RT, 15km, 420m EG)
  • Unnecessary Mountain via Cypress (8 hour RT, 15.8km, 1090m EG)
  • West Lion Hike via Cypress (10+ hour RT, 18.18km, 1438m EG)
  • Howe Sound Crest Trail (Multi-day, 25.75km OW, 1666m EG)
  • Black Mountain via Baden Powell (7 hour RT, 14.48km, 1181m EG)

NOTE: There are a number of hiking trails that connect or are part of the Baden-Powell Trail. The Baden-Powell trail is 42km long and starts from Horseshoe Bay and ends at Deep Cove. Trails BC website has a map of the Baden-Powell trail. Check it out!

The stats for these Vancouver hikes were obtained through a number of resources listed below. These are great resources for finding more information on each trail.