Where Vancouver’s Wild Side Meets the City: Your Year-Round Outdoor Playground
Vancouver sits between ocean and mountains, which means you can kayak in the morning and hike alpine meadows by afternoon. I’ve lived here for years, and I still get that rush when I look up from downtown streets to see snow-capped peaks just 30 minutes away.
The city’s outdoor scene works year-round. Summer brings paddleboarding at English Bay and mountain biking through old-growth forests on the North Shore. Winter transforms those same mountains into ski terrain at Grouse, Cypress, and Seymour. Spring and fall? That’s when the trails are quietest and the light hits just right for photography.
What makes …