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Adventure & Outdoors
Chase Sawblade Falls on Burke Mountain
A forest hike in Pinecone Burke to two waterfalls, ending at the jagged Sawblade cascade that earns its extremely good name.
Adventure & Outdoors
A forest hike in Pinecone Burke to two waterfalls, ending at the jagged Sawblade cascade that earns its extremely good name.
The brilliance of Sawblade Falls is in the name, which promises something specific and then delivers exactly that: a jagged, genuinely dramatic cascade that you earn by doing 8 km round-trip through Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. The Woodland Walk takes you through quiet Coquitlam second-growth forest over wooden planks and creek crossings to Woodland Falls first, which is lovely and relatively mellow and designed to make Sawblade feel even better by comparison. Then the trail steepens for the switchback finish and you get the main event. Three hours moving, moderate effort, and absolutely free. Bring decent shoes because it gets muddy and the roots are real. If you hear the odd pop in the distance from what sounds like a firearm, this is a nearby gun club and not cause for alarm. A fact you should probably mention before the hike, not after.
