Dog Mountain
A short, rooty forest walk to a granite bluff with the city laid out below.
Photo: Explore library
- Distance
- 5 km
- Elevation gain
- 150 m
- Typical time
- ~2 hr
- Explore difficulty
- Moderate
- Route
- Out-and-back
- Season
- Year-round
About this trail
Dog Mountain is the walk people take when they want the North Shore view without the North Shore climb. From the top of the Mount Seymour paved road the path drops onto a granite knoll that looks over Indian Arm and the city.
Written by the Explore desk · updated Sep 22, 2026 · facts come from the sources below, not from this paragraph.
Where it starts
Open in MapsTrailhead
49.3665, -122.9490
Parking
49.3660, -122.9484
Transit
No regular transit at the trailhead
Know before you go
Dogs
On leash
Facilities
Washrooms at the upper parking lot.
Difficulty, two ways
Explore difficulty
A rooted, wet granite walk with an exposed bluff at the end, not a long climb.
Set by an editor using the Explore rubric. Never copied from a source.
What sources say
- BC Parks · “Moderate” · Sep 22, 2026
Sources use different scales, so we don't average them.
Sources
Every number on this page has a source and a verified date. Missing facts are hidden, never estimated. After 90 days without a re-check, status becomes “Status not confirmed”.
| Fact | Value | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | 5 | BC Parks | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Distance type | return | BC Parks | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Elevation gain | 150 | BC Parks | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Typical time (min) | 90 | BC Parks | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Typical time | 120 | BC Parks | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Route | out_and_back | BC Parks | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Dogs | On leash | BC Parks | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Season | Year-round | BC Parks | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Facilities | Washrooms at the upper parking lot. | BC Parks | Sep 22, 2026 |