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Squamish: The Sea-to-Sky Adventure Getaway
Adventure & Outdoors
Earn the View at Lynn Peak
Eight kilometres of old-growth forest and 720 metres of honest climbing for a lookout that makes you both go genuinely quiet.
Adventure & Outdoors
Eight kilometres of old-growth forest and 720 metres of honest climbing for a lookout that makes you both go genuinely quiet.
Lynn Peak is the North Shore's honest middle child. Tougher than a stroll, gentler than the Grind, and ending with a view that makes you both stop talking for a full second. The trail climbs hard and steadily through cathedral-quiet old-growth forest, past the Enchanted Forest cedars, up roots and rock to a rocky lookout at around 920 metres. From there: downtown Vancouver, the Burrard Inlet and Mount Seymour laid out below you, and on a clear day all the way to Washington State. It's about 8 km round trip with a serious 720-ish metres of gain, so plan for roughly four hours and treat the climb as a workout you'll be genuinely proud of together. Rated 4.5 stars and up across the trail guides. Best from May through October when the upper trail is snow-free.
