Adventure & Outdoors
A 38-hectare forest that used to be the city dump, which is your new favourite icebreaker and a legitimately lovely walk in southeast Vancouver.
Champlain Heights / Killarney, off Kerr Street
More infoThe opener writes itself: this entire forest used to be the city dump. Everett Crowley is Vancouver's most successful glow-up, 38 hectares in Champlain Heights laced with the Snake, Vista and Creekside loops, where traffic noise fades to birdsong within minutes. Mostly flat with just enough rise to feel earned, it runs about an hour. Blissfully uncrowded, which is either a tip or a smug boast.
Start at the main Kerr Street parking lot at 8200 Kerr St, it's small (about 15 cars), so on a busy day grab on-street parking on the east side of Kerr or along Matheson Crescent. From the lot, pick up the Snake, Vista and Creekside loop, which rolls around Mount Everett, through Manfred's Meadow and past little Avalon Pond. The trails are wide, mostly flat with a couple of gentle grades, and well-signed; the deeper you go, the more the city noise drops away into birdsong. Don't miss the meadow viewpoints and the pond, both quiet little payoff spots for a sit. Plan on 45 to 60 minutes for the full loop. Want a shorter version? Just do the Everett Loop down to Avalon Pond and back for a ~25-minute taste of the forest.
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