Adventure & Outdoors
Explore Renfrew Ravine
East Van's only creek-in-a-gorge park, where you swap SkyTrain hum for Still Creek and dappled forest light in about 30 minutes.
Renfrew-Collingwood, near 29th Avenue SkyTrain Station
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East Van's only creek-in-a-gorge park, where you swap SkyTrain hum for Still Creek and dappled forest light in about 30 minutes.
Renfrew-Collingwood, near 29th Avenue SkyTrain Station
More infoYou'd walk right past Renfrew Ravine without knowing it's there, which is precisely the point. It's the only park in Vancouver where a creek runs through a real, steep-sided gorge, and new boardwalks and timber staircases drop you right down to Still Creek, trading the SkyTrain's hum for trickling water and dappled light. You can wander it thoroughly in half an hour, five minutes from 29th Avenue station.
Easiest arrival is by SkyTrain, the 29th Avenue Station sits right at the park's south end, a five-minute walk to the ravine. Driving, find free on-street parking on the surrounding residential streets (around Atlin St and E 22nd Ave) since the park has no dedicated lot. From the top, take the new timber staircases and boardwalks down into the ravine, where Still Creek runs through the gorge and the forest closes in overhead; the bridges across the creek are the standout spots for a pause. It's compact and easy, about 30 to 45 minutes to wander the boardwalk circuit and steps end to end. Don't miss following the path north under the bridge toward the Still Creek daylighting stretch. Short on time? Just do the central boardwalk-and-bridge section for a ~15-minute dip into the green.
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