Hiking for The Scaredy Cat: Hikes in and around Vancouver, B.C. Canada
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      • Alder Flats: Golden Ears
      • Alouette Mtn: Golden Ears Provincial Park
      • Ancient Cedars Trail
      • Al's Habrich Ridge Trail: Sea to Sky Gondola
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      • Levette Lake Loop: Squamish
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      • Mystery Lake: Mount Seymour
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      • Norvan Falls: Lynn Headwaters Regional Park
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      • Quarry Rock: Deep Cove
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      • Salmon Ridge Trail: Chilliwack, BC
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      • Skyline 1: Manning Park
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      • The Chief: Squamish
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      • Wedgemont Lake: Whislter
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Sea to Summit Trail~Sea to Sky Gondola
Squamish, BC

Hiking Key: M~2~R~RC~DF~KF~ST~RT~CA
Length: 9.2 Km’s
Elevation: 1116 meters
Toilet: Yes/beginning
Dogs: Yes

Park at the long term parking lot (Daro Bay) if your staying longer than 3 hrs and take the shuttle or walk the short easy trail to the base of the gondola. Buy a season pass or a single day. There’s also a download pass for your dog, making it a dog friendly trail.

Start your hike to the Backside of The Chief; Sea to Summit Trail. It’s at the end of the parking lot. It starts well marked with #1: Sea to Sky Summit Trail and goes to 316...but that's not the top! 

If you’ve done The Chief do you remember those horrible stairs? Well you're going up some them but not to worry as soon the trail branches off. That is the worst part as it's busy, most hikers are heading up to The Chief Peaks 1, 2 or 3.


Go right you are now on Upper Shannon Falls Trail. It has steep parts that have roots & rocks with some easy flat sections. As you walk along you’ll come to an open part and if you look up you’ll likely see the Gondola go past you.

Shortly after there is one chain assist to help you up a section and not long after Shannon Falls will be beside you cascading down. A little later another rope assist that brings you up onto a rocky outcrop that's stunning.

Now the trail then goes back into the trees again with some steep ups and downs. Not soon after you come to a ‘T’ in the road. Left takes you 0.8 Km's up 'Wrinkle Rock Trail' which is similar to what you have been hiking with a couple of rope assists & another 162 m elevation gain but shorter to the top (the number in your trail markers will read 395 when your done). Going right takes you along 'Shannon Basin Loop' is an easier walk in the forest along a wide logging road for 3.2 Km's to the top. 

There are many trails at the top, a restaurant, suspension bridge and 360 degrees of stunning views. When you're satisfied take the Gondola back down and the shuttle bus to the long term parking.


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  • Trail Information
    • The Hiking Trails & Safety Information >
      • Alder Flats: Golden Ears
      • Alouette Mtn: Golden Ears Provincial Park
      • Ancient Cedars Trail
      • Al's Habrich Ridge Trail: Sea to Sky Gondola
      • B.C.M.C. Grouse Mountain
      • Bear Mtn: Mission, BC
      • Big Cedar & Kennedy Falls: Mount Fromme
      • Blue Mountain:Coquitlam
      • Bosumarne Falls: Chilliwack, BC
      • Bowen Lookout:Cypress Mountain
      • Brother's Creek: North Vancouver
      • Community Forest: Chilliwack
      • Coquitlam Crunch: Coquitlam
      • Cheakamus Lake: Whistler
      • Crystal Falls: Coquitlam, BC
      • Diez Vistas: Buntzen Lake
      • East-West Connector Bridge Trail~Golden Ears Provincial Park
      • Eaton Lake: Hope
      • Elfin Lakes: Squamish
      • Elk Mountain: Chilliwack
      • Evan's Creek: Golden Ears Provincial Park
      • First Peak: Seymour Mountain
      • Ford Mtn: Chilliwack
      • Garibaldi Lake: Squamish
      • Grouse Grind: Grouse Mountain
      • Harrison Grind/Campbell Lake: Fraser Valley
      • Harrison Lookout/Fire Tower
      • Heather Trail: Manning Park
      • High Note Trail: Whistler
      • Hillkeep: Chilliwack
      • Hope Lookout Trail
      • Jacobson's Lake to Palmer Pond
      • Joffre Lakes: Pemberton
      • Jug Island: Belcarra Regional Park
      • Killarney Lake: Bowen Island
      • Lake Lovely-Squamish
      • Larch Meadows: Manning Park
      • Levette Lake Loop: Squamish
      • Lewx Qwo:m (luhw KWOM): Chilliwack
      • Lindeman & Greendrop Lakes: Chilliwack
      • Lightning Lakes: Manning Park
      • Lindsay Lake Loop: Buntzen Lake
      • Little Douglas Lake: Coquihalla Summit
      • Lower Falls-East Canyon Parking Lot: Golden Ears
      • Lynn Loop: Lynn Headwaters Regiona Park
      • Lower Hollyburn: Cypress Mtn
      • Lynn Peak: Lynn Headwaters Regional Park
      • McKee Peak-Cliffside Caves
      • Mehatl Falls
      • Menzies: Golden Ears Provincial Park
      • Minnekhada Park: Coquitlam
      • Mount Cheam: Chilliwack
      • Mount Fromme: North Van
      • Mount Sleese to Memorial Plaque: Chiliwack
      • Mount St. Benedict: Mission
      • Mount Strachan: Mount Seymour
      • Mount Thom: Chilliwack
      • Mt. Gardner: Bowen Island
      • Mt. Woodslide
      • Munro & Denette Lakes: Coquitlam
      • Mystery Lake: Mount Seymour
      • Needle Peak/Flatiron: Coquihalla Highway
      • Norvan Falls: Lynn Headwaters Regional Park
      • Othello Tunnels-Nicola Valley Loop
      • Parkhurst Ghost Town: Whistler
      • Panorama Ridge: Squamish
      • Petgill Lake: Howe Sound
      • Poland Lake-EC Manning Park
      • Quarry Rock: Deep Cove
      • Ravens Bluff-Mission
      • Red Mountain: Mission
      • Salmon Ridge Trail: Chilliwack, BC
      • Sasquatch Caves: Hope
      • Sea to Summit: Sea to Sky Gondola
      • Skyline: Grouse Mountain
      • Skyline 1: Manning Park
      • Spirit Caves-Yale, BC
      • St. Mark's: Cypress Mountain
      • Statlu Lake
      • The Chief: Squamish
      • Tikwalus Trail: Spuzzum
      • Trickle Creek Treehouse
      • Tunnel Bluffs: Howe Sound
      • Vedder: Chilliwack
      • Watersprite Lake: Squamish
      • Wedgemont Lake: Whislter
      • Wells Peak
      • Widgeon Falls
      • Williams Peak
      • Windy Joe: Manning Park
      • Woodland Walk to Sawblade Falls
      • Zoa Peak: Coquihallia Hwy
    • The Snowshoe Trails & Safety Info >
      • Artist Point
      • Bowen Lookout
      • Dog Mountain: Day
      • Callaghan Valley
      • Dog Mountain: Night
      • Eagle Bluffs
      • Elfin Lakes to Red Heather Hut >
        • Fat Dog
        • First Pump
        • Hollyburn
        • Lightning Lakes Loop
        • Rainbow Lake
        • SS Grind
        • Stawberry Flats
        • Zoa
    • The U.S.A. Hikes >
      • Blue Lake: Northern Cascades
      • Chain Lakes
      • Damfino Lakes
      • Oyster Dome
      • Yellow Aster Butte
    • The Trail Walks >
      • Aldergrove Regional Park
      • Brae Island
      • Burn's Bog
      • Burnaby Lake
      • Campbell Valley
      • Delta Watershed
      • East Sector Lands: Harrison Hot Springs
      • Elgin Park: Surrey, BC
      • Green Timbers
      • High Knoll Park: Surrey, BC
      • Houston Trail
      • Lower Falls
      • Lighthouse Park
      • Mud Bay
      • Redwood Park
      • Reifel Bird Santuary
      • Rice Lake
      • Rolley Lake
      • Sasamat Lake
      • Spirea Trail: Golden Ears
      • Sunnyside Urban Forest
      • Serpentine Bird Santuary
      • Sye'xw Cho'teqw Adventure Park
      • Tynehead
      • Yew Lake
  • My Blogging
  • West Coast Trail
  • In the River Valley Hikes
  • Peru
  • Hiking Snapshots
    • Thru Hikes
    • Bears & Cougars +
    • Proper Hiking Footwear
    • Trail Etiquette