Hike: Diamond Head

Ok, so the title isn't entirely correct. We did go for a hike starting from the Diamond Head trailhead, but we only hiked about an hour up, because we hit snow. We were also not planning on going for very long, considering that we left at noon from Squamish and weren't really in hiking gear.

Nevertheless!

We did go for a hike, I did take pictures..

 Nothing like starting off with lupines to make this girl happy..

 And then a pretty creek through a gorgeous forest..

 And then misty foggy stuff with trees poking through!

 Then we came to the snow.

 And decided that this beautiful waterfall was a good turning point..

I think someday we'll have to hike the rest of it. This part (and I don't know about the rest) was nice.. an old logging road makes for nice hiking!

Hike: Wonderland

We spent this past weekend up in Squamish, and we stayed at a B&B. The host told us about a few small hikes/walks that we hadn't heard about, so we decided to go.

This one is called Wonderland; it's across the highway from White Rabbit, and closer to the highway than Alice Lake. Sense a theme..??

The trailhead of Wonderland starts right behind a 50km/hr speed sign just after you turn off towards Alice Lake provincial park. There's a little parking lot on the side of the road. There is a sign just in the forest, telling you the name.

We walked for about an hour each direction, because it didn't seem like there was an end anywhere, and it was getting close to food time. The forest was gorgeous, although this was far from a relaxing hike. The trail was probably less than 100m from highway 99 the entire time, and being that it was a wet Saturday, it was quite noisy.

 Beautiful old trees, moss, lichens.. !

 This is a biking trail.. lots of ramps that are clearly meant for tires and not feet.

 Beautiful, meandering creeks with waterfalls. They didn't really add anything peaceful though.

It poured basically all day, so by the time we started this hike around 4pm, there was some big puddles.

I think I'd say that if you needed a quick break on your way somewhere, this is a perfect hike for that. Barely any hills or inclines, but it's still nice. Not overly taxing, but beautiful.

Hike: Brohm Lake

We went camping up near Squamish this weekend, and decided to go for a walk/hike somewhere. I'd noticed the Brohm Lake Interpretive Forest signs, and thought it might be a nice place to take a look at least. It was about a minute up the highway from where we were camping, so if it didn't look nice, really not a big deal.

Although the trails aren't long, there are plenty, with lots of options. We started by walking around the lake, along the way finding a red-naped sapsucker which we watched for a while. Then we headed up to the Tantalus viewpoint. It was pretty hot by this point, having started hiking around noon, it was closer to 1:15 by the time we started the uphill part. It was well worth it though - and what a gorgeous lunch spot!! We ate, and sat in the sun (shade) for a while just reading. Very enjoyable, I must say!

After that, we hiked down a bit further, towards a large marsh that's visible from the highway. I was extremely disappointed in the lack of wildlife though - no birds at all, only some potential amphibian eggs.

After that, we headed back to our campsite. I would recommend this to someone who wants a break from a long drive, or even somewhere to eat lunch. It was goregous and the trail were really well maintained!