Smugglers Cove Trail was the final short walk we did on our mini holiday in the Sunshine Coast. This is a super speedy walk that will take less than a couple of hours. It is really varied, beautiful and full of mushrooms. This walk isn’t one of the ones listed in the 105 hikes book; I found it on the Vancouver Trails website (which is another great website to find hikes near Vancouver). The trail is really varied with the bog,…
Mount Daniel is a perfect introduction to hiking along the Sunshine Coast. We had fun on our hike to Triangle Lake the previous day, but this walk up Mount Daniel was even more impressive considering the effort to view-payoff. It took us a single hour to reach the summit, but we had to stay there for a while absorbing the beautiful view and pink skies. This trail is listed in the 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia book…
A couple of weeks ago Marc and I took a mini holiday to the Sunshine Coast. We did several walks (as always) but the hike to Triangle Lake was the most interesting. Well, although this hike is one of the 105 hikes, it was a little less impressive than most of those hikes. However, although the scenery wasn’t particularly epic the forest floor was covered in mushrooms. Marc and I have never seen such a huge variety of fungi on…
Whytecliff Park is a pretty little park on the rugged coast of West Vancouver, over by Horseshoe Bay (where you can jump on a ferry to Bowen Island or Vancouver Island.) It’s not a place for a long walk, but it’s good for a little stroll before heading to Horseshoe Bay for fish and chips! When it’s sunny, I have a strong urge to get outside. The problem is, sometimes we have sunny weekends when Marc or I are not…