Levette Lake Loop Hiking Trail, Squamish, BC

Deena from Squamish writes:

Did this hike yesterday (Sunday, July 11, 2010). It was blistering hot and I was really looking forward to reaching Levette Lake and going for a dip to cool down before continuing up to Hut Lakes.

While the hiking trails are passable (not so overgrown that navigation is tricky; very well marked)the scene at the lake was not worth the hike. Garbage everywhere, dozens of piles of toilet paper dotting the landscape in every direction. I went down to the lake to try for a dip, but was confronted with what must have been the designated bathroom area from the weekend party crew. It was horrible, really disappointing, and totally disrespectful.

How many times do we have to say it? Pack it in, pack it out! Or, go to Cultus Lake to party....

Posted: July 12, 2010 08:16:54 AM PST

Shannon from Abbotsford writes:

Hiked this trail May 22 and found it took around 3.5 hours at a resonable pace. A sign indicated that the first part of the loop is closed due to a washed out bridge, but a makeshift bridge was set up and the creek was still passable.

Posted: May 22, 2010 09:11:41 PM PST

Luc Benac from Burnaby writes:

April 2010.
Great loop thank you for including it as I had missed it in my hiking book.
Not that many people around - and specially not a group of twenty - just a lot of variety and some great view points. Not too hard, not too easy. I will come back for sure but not during the summer.

Cheers,

Luc

Posted: April 11, 2010 07:46:19 PM PST

Leslie from Vancouver writes:

I have also had this experience. I don't know why this trail is always mentioned. It is so overgrown, it is just a horrible trail through a bunch of overgrown new growth. Absolutely not a trail anyone should do. I particularly like the hiking books that mention for people to stop at the cabin. This cabin fell down years ago, and is nothing more than a heap of rotten 2 x 4's.
Trust me, do something else.
Leslie

Posted: November 11, 2008 04:58:20 PM PST

Brenda from North Vancouver writes:

This hike should be removed permanently. The trailhead is impassable about 1 km. in from the parking lot. Many others have tried in the past and for at least the past few years, this trail has not been hiked. It is over-grown, not kept up at all, and a waste of time. Was just there on Sunday with a group of 20 and we hiked to the top of the first rocky section and that was as far as we were able to go.

Thanks
Brenda

Posted: October 20, 2008 08:26:18 AM PST