This is a hugely rewarding hike with a great variety of terrain, some of it somewhat challenging, Prepare yourself as though you are hiking in the backcountry. The most northerly loop is the most challenging. As you can see it can be broken up into several smaller hikes. There are amenities at Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge. The features consist of canyons, rushing water, old forest, a lake, and bridges including a suspension bridge.
This section of the Trans Canada Trail takes in the main features of Vancouver Centre and normally takes about 2.5 hours to do cycling (5-6 hrs for walkers). If you do it as a loop back to Coal Harbour via North False Creek and Hornby Bikeway add 5k or via Gastown add 2k.
Crippen Regional Park – The Metro Vancouver Regional Park website.
It comes off the Trans Canada Trail at Horseshoe Bay by taking a 20 minute ferry to Bowen Island. There is no need to take a vehicle over for this loop. The loop is 16 km ( 2.2km less if you leave out Dorman Point). This is quite an easy walk including restaurants and shops. Allow up to 6 hours to do the whole trail allowing for stops. A good meetup place is in front of the Library just beyond the Snug Cover Ferry terminal.
Main features for this walking loop:
There are only superlatives to express the experience taking in the Othello tunnels and its canyon. No one leaves this area unimpressed. The loop allows one to take a trail, once part of the Brigade Trail, above the tunnel area. Expect the latter to be a rugged trail and requiring quite a bit of climbing. Of course the trail through the tunnels was once a railroad and therefore the grade is less than two percent. The distance may seem short but because of the climbing it will take extra time. Allow 2.5 to 3 hours.
This walking loop takes in Pacific Spirit Regional Park including Wreck Beach with its towering cliffs. It also takes in a few campus features such as the new Reconciliation regarding Resicential Schools Haida Totem Pole and other Totems. The whole loop is an amazing natural setting that takes advantage of the majestic coastal forest and seashore of the UBC Endownment Lands. Along the seashore there a couple of WWII bunkers to distract. Be prepared for lenghty stairways up and down the cliffs. Expect nudists between trail 3 and 6 which can be mainly avoided by following the magenta routing through UBC Campus. Completing this whole loop will likely take about 3.5 to 4.5 hours.
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