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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Aug · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)
- J-1°-4°604
- F0°-5°429
- M1°-4°424
- A4°-3°331
- M8°0°225
- J11°4°187
- J15°7°112
- A16°8°130
- S13°6°213
- O7°2°541
- N1°-2°706
- D-1°-4°597
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 29 km · 18 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 29 km · 18 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Southern Pacific Ranges (Coast Mountains › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.5 km NE of Lions Bay (Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- British Columbia
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- HSC
- Route centre
- 49.4700, -123.2116
- Route start
- 49.4710, -123.1819
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 1150682
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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