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Deas Island Regional Park
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Deas Island Difficulty: easy, stroller friendly Traffic: moderate Facilities: flush toilet near the northern tip of the island, pit toilet in the center. Picnic tables, water access. View: Fraser River, North Shore Mountains on a clear day Overall score: 3/10 Deas Island is a small island (technically a peninsula) at the…
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Buntzen Lake Paddle
Quick Facts Most updated Paddle report: July 2024 Paddle report: February 2021 On a previous attempt, we came to Buntzen Lake around noon on a Saturday to find the park entrance closed again even in January. We joked that we had the least amount of luck with Buntzen Lake out of all the places we…
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Discovery Snowshoe Trails on Mt Seymour
For an easy, well marked, well maintained and moderately trafficked snowshoe trail in the Lower Mainland, we recommend the Discovery Snowshoe Trails on Mt Seymour. Day passes are $15 for adults, $35 including snowshoe rentals, and limited season passes are available. We got our season passes before they sold out. An added bonus is that…
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Deep Cove Winter Paddle
Deep Cove is one of the very first places where I learned to paddle. The protected harbour with a well-stocked kayak rental shop right on the water is famously friendly for beginners. There is also the popular Quarry Rock trail (closed during pandemic) that draws a big crowd. As a result, people come out in…
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Sasamat Lake Loop Hike
After our visit in the summer, we came back almost exactly 6 months later, in January. Again, we headed to Buntzen Lake first, and AGAIN IT WAS FULL. Granted, we arrived to the park gate leisurely after 12 noon, but who would have thought a lakeside park can be full in the middle of the…
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Toddler Ski Lessons 1-3
One major family goal of ours for this winter had been to teach Junior skiing. We had been looking forward to this ever since he was born, because we knew that as he turns 3 this season, he would officially be old enough to take ski lessons. Then COVID hit, and it sure put a…
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Gladstone-Riverside-Riverfront Park
To continue our exploration along the Fraser River after Deering Island Park, and Fraser River Park, we decided to go further east and arrived in Gladstone Park. We came here on 2 separate visits, the first time in late October when it was raining. We walked east from the parking lot at Gladstone-Riverside Park alone…
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Rocky Point Park and Shoreline Trail
We’ve covered Rocky Point before, both as a great family-friendly park as well as one of our go-to paddling spots. We came back to enjoy some fall foliage and finish the Shoreline Trail. We tackled the Shoreline Trail, aiming at the finish line at Old Orchard Park. It’s an easy 5.8km out-and-back trail, as detailed…
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Garden City Community Park
After visiting Vanier Park for its Bike skills track, Junior wanted to try other bike track close by. We decided to check out the Bike Terrain Park inside Garden City Community Park. Bike Terrain Park We got so excited once our car pulled over to the park. This terrain park is a little bigger than…
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Crecsent Park
The fall weather really started to set in around Vancouver in the last few weeks, ushering in single digit temperatures and the famous Vancouver rain. It does put a damper on getting outdoors. Like most kids, Junior doesn’t like to be cold and wet, so we need to step up the game. Usually taking him…