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Squamish: The Sea-to-Sky Adventure Getaway
Break a Sweat
Climb the Coquitlam Crunch
2.2 km, 890-plus steps, 242 metres of gain, free admission, and a simple policy: whoever stops talking first is losing.
Break a Sweat
2.2 km, 890-plus steps, 242 metres of gain, free admission, and a simple policy: whoever stops talking first is losing.
The Coquitlam Crunch is exactly what it sounds like: a genuinely tough 2.2 km climb up a BC Hydro right-of-way with over 890 stairs across two staircases and 242 metres of elevation gain. It is also completely free, which is a romantic detail that tends to get overlooked. The house rules, such as they are, involve whoever stops talking first being the one who is losing, which is either a flirt or a fitness test depending on your angle, and you do not have to decide which until halfway up. The reward at the top is legitimately earned: a wide-open view over Blue Mountain, Burnaby Mountain, and on a clear day, Mount Baker sitting across the border in Washington. Come down, stretch something, and negotiate together whether this earns dinner or just a very long sit.
