Scramble to Goat Mountain Above Grouse

Paddle a glacial fjord from a sheltered postcard village and earn a legendary Honey Doughnut on the way back.

The glacier-fed lake so clear you'll forget there's a Costco 40 minutes away, paddle included.

An 11-km round trip on the Howe Sound Crest Trail delivering clifftop lunch and ferries crawling below like bath toys.

Prince of Whales runs heated catamarans out of Granville Island after orcas and humpbacks, with a 95 percent sighting rate and hot chocolate on board.

The date that earns its smugness: 2,830 steps up, Skyride gondola down, beers and jelly legs at the top.

An 8 km Cypress climb past historic log cabins and First Lake to a summit above the Lions and Howe Sound.

Four kilometres of gentle climbing buys you a wooden platform over Howe Sound with Bowen Island below and the city behind you.

Six flat kilometres along Burrard Inlet to a sandy beach at Old Orchard Park. Most first-timers never make it.

One of Canada's biggest kayak fleets, English Bay, a possible seal, and a sunset that'll make you look good for free.

Walk a wobbling 137-metre bridge 70 metres over a river canyon and discover what your date's face looks like under genuine terror.

Grab rentals on Denman, go counter-clockwise, and let 9 km of Coal Harbour yachts and Lions Gate Bridge views do the romantic heavy lifting.

A 25 km river loop around all of Port Coquitlam, almost zero hills, salmon in the water and absolutely no pressure to finish it.

A West Vancouver forest walk past 300-year-old cedars to two waterfalls that make you instinctively lower your voice without agreeing to.

A 1,400-metre summit above Mount Seymour with Mount Baker, Vancouver and endless peaks in every direction, earned in about 8 km.