Skiing in Spring in Whistler can be brilliant! There are faaaar fewer people, and as Whistler is so much higher than Vancouver, there is still a chance of really good powder. Marc and I had one day left on our edge cards for Whistler Blackcomb. We had been saving it for when our friends Steve and Amy were in Vancouver, but the weekend we had planned to ski with them sounded soooo bad (terrible visibility and super high winds) that…
It’s springtime in Vancouver!! What better way to celebrate than by taking more interesting cycle-routes home from work, to see some of Vancouver’s cherry blossoms. I am used to the amazing cherry blossoms in Nara, Japan (especially in Yoshino.) Back in Japan, and in the UK, the best blossoms are normally found within parkland areas. What I found amazing about Vancouver’s cherry blossoms is that you can find them on residential streets. In Vancouver they have chosen one type of…
You can meet so many birds of prey in Boundary Bay! Marc and I were keen to go out for a walk, but we didn’t have any micro-spikes. I looked up some hikes at low elevation, so we didn’t need to worry about ice. My search found several fun (and easy) hikes in the Tsawwassen / Delta region, south of Vancouver. We started off by driving an Evo (car share) down to Boundary Bay Regional park. I had heard that…
I’ve already written once about hiking along the Dog Mountain trail in summer (well… autumn!) But it turns out Dog mountain is even better in the snow! The snow evens out the trail, so once you have snowshoes, this is an easy, fun hike that will give you some stunning views on a good day. We managed the whole Dog Mountain trail in less than 2 hours. So, as we had time we also explored some of the other pretty…