Adventure & Outdoors
Locals' pick over Capilano: a free 50-metre suspension bridge over a roaring gorge, with emerald swimming holes and no eighty-dollar admission guilt.
The insider move that makes you look like you know Vancouver: skip the tourist bridge and come to Lynn Canyon instead, where a 50-metre suspension bridge bounces over a deep, roaring gorge for the unbeatable price of zero dollars. Below it, trails thread through towering second-growth rainforest to the Twin Falls bridge and the famous emerald swimming holes. The holes are genuinely beautiful and the current is genuinely no joke, so think twice before leaping. It's a proper little adventure loop: bridges, mossy steps, creek pools and the quiet satisfaction of having spent your bridge budget on snacks instead. Park gates run roughly 7 a.m. to dusk, so aim for daylight and bring grippy shoes for the slick stairs. Come for the free bridge. Stay because the gorge is actually spectacular.
