Metro Vancouver from the air at sunset
A weekend in Metro Vancouver
A Peak 2 Peak gondola over alpine forest between Whistler and Blackcomb
Capilano Suspension Bridge spanning a rainforest canyon

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Siwash Rock from the Stanley Park shoreline at sunset

West End · Vancouver

Stanley Park & Seawall

Ten kilometres of seawall, old-growth forest, and the city’s most famous loop.

A Peak 2 Peak gondola over alpine forest between Whistler and Blackcomb

Whistler Blackcomb · Whistler

Peak 2 Peak Gondola

The record-span gondola linking Whistler and Blackcomb — breathtaking views, alpine air, and two mountains in one ticket.

The Grouse Mountain Skyride over snowy forest, the city, and the Salish Sea

From Peak Chair · North Vancouver

Grouse Mountain

Skyride views, wildlife refuge, and the infamous Grouse Grind below.

Waterfall in a forested canyon

Brandywine · Whistler

Brandywine Falls

A 70-metre waterfall just off the Sea to Sky, south of Whistler — a short walk to a serious drop.

Coastal pier stretching into the bay

Waterfront · White Rock

White Rock Pier

A long wooden pier into Semiahmoo Bay — the namesake rock, the promenade, and a sunset that stops traffic.

City and mountain viewpoint from a high lookout

Downtown · Vancouver

Vancouver Lookout

A glass-elevator tower over Harbour Centre — the downtown panorama in one turn.

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Capilano Suspension Bridge spanning a rainforest canyon

North Shore · North Vancouver

A North Shore weekend

Capilano or Lynn, Deep Cove in the afternoon, Grouse if the sky is clear.

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Misty forest as a stand-in for wet VancouverRainy-day OK

Downtown · Vancouver

A rainy day in Vancouver

Markets, museums, dim sum, and the indoor things the city is actually built for.

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Mountain highway country

Highway 99 · Squamish

Sea to Sky in a day

Horseshoe Bay to Shannon Falls, the Chief or the spit, Whistler if you still have light.

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The weekend note

A short note before the weekend

Weekend events, a place worth seeing, and whatever is in season. No daily blast.