Hollyburn Mountain Hiking Trail, Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver, BC

Yuriy from Vancouver writes:

July 27 - the trail is dry, just 2 or 3 muddy and snowy patches. Pretty easy trail, some steep areas here and there but nothing to worry about. The view from the top turned out to be not as spectacular as expected. Lions looks gorgeous but Vancouver area and Strait of Georgia are wrapped into a polluted air. We haven't had a rain for a while so I should have anticipated it.

Will do the hike again under different weather conditions.

Posted: July 27, 2010 08:22:12 PM PST

Adrian from Vancouver writes:

Hike was very fun, quite wet along Baden Powell with occasional snow.

You reach a clearing after about 20 mins on the hollyburn trail. covered with snow impossible to find trail without prior experience. It's a winter hike from here on in. (July 15, 2010)

But from this point, you can cross the snow heading north and come to a service road that will either take you back down, or up to nothing too spectacular.

Try this one in august, the snow was still melting today.

Posted: July 15, 2010 12:55:12 AM PST

Shannon from Vancouver writes:

May 15, 2010.

Headed up for a hike. There was a lot more snow then I thought there would be. At the peak there was close to a metre of snow...fun hike nonetheless but Mid-May seems a little early for this one.

Posted: May 16, 2010 08:06:45 AM PST

Shan MacLaren-Gilbert from Ladner writes:

I have hiked and skied Hollyburn. My family and I love to Nordic ski in the winter, Christmas Break and at Spring Break.
I have heard the park is closing from Dec. 1st to April. I am interested to know why as I also work in schools where bus loads of students come up to ski in the winter. Why, when it is a public park, is VANOC closing Hollyburn???

Shan

Posted: November 15, 2009 11:17:21 AM PST

Mike from Burnaby writes:

Snowshoed up to the top of Hollyburn Mountain the other day. The day was sunny and clear with great views of the city, and the backcountry, including both Lions peaks. The trail is pretty steep near the top and we found it much easier to slide down on our butts on several occasions rather than walking down.

Posted: February 10, 2009 03:12:32 PM PST

Harjot Kataria from Vancouver writes:

Nice hike but the trails are starting to get really muddy at some points.

Posted: October 11, 2008 05:30:10 PM PST

Mike from Burnaby writes:

Hollyburn Mountain is a nice summer hike that only takes a few hours and isn't too difficult. We got to the parking lot at Cypress around 11am and were back at the car before 3pm. Great view from the top!

Posted: September 3, 2008 03:47:26 PM PST

Ryan from Vancouver writes:

I hiked Hollyburn last week. It was terrific. A great mix of trails and climbs. Do it soon before the summer is over.

Posted: August 20, 2008 12:33:23 PM PST