Sendero Diez Vistas Hiking Trail near Buntzen Lake, Port Moody, BC

Jason and Mike from Vancouver writes:

Awesome hiking conditions, well- maintained trail, and stunning vistas all the way around the lake. As of July 11, the trail is completely passable. Ignore high-water warning signs, although the North Beach is flooded to the edge the sand.

Posted: July 11, 2010 09:57:28 PM PST

Sara from Burnaby writes:

We did this trail this last weekend. We started at the south beach and went along the right side of the lake to the north beach (I found this to be a nice warm up for the actual Diez Vistas trail). It seemed like we went from the end point to the start point because we only saw people coming the opposite direction of us. The hike has very steep hills to climb and also go down. Take lots and lots of water and couple protein bars or chewy bars for snacks and of course a camera too because the view is just gorgeous!! We came across couple of the view points (not 10) and it was just an amazing view and you will really good to know you've achieved so much. The trails were pretty dry, so rarely any muddy sections. Would definitely recommend to hikers. Begginer hikers, I would recommend starting with around the lake firt then try Diex Vistas. :) Enjoy!

Posted: June 21, 2010 08:42:44 AM PST

Helge from Cologne writes:

I tracked the track, so if anybody whats the .gpx:
http://www.zeitnetz.net/helge/gps-tracks/diezvistas.zip
Im sorry but the power went of at 3/4 of the trail.

Posted: September 27, 2009 08:49:59 PM PST

Helge from Cologne writes:

Hi everybody,
we, a group of exchange students from SFU took this hike today and is was fantastic!! We really enjoyed it. From the South beach we took the lake view trail to the north beach. From there the old ??? trail up to the sendero diez vistas trail and took it backwards ... just perfect.
I got some extra advantage by caching some of the geocaches there ;)
Great Stuff
Thanks for this wonderful trail.

Posted: September 20, 2009 07:52:39 PM PST

Ann from Vancouver writes:

This is a nice hike but not particularly intense unless you take a wrong trail and end up going straight up the ridge. Other than this short bit of scrambling the most difficult part of the hike was trying to find it(it is not marked on the trail maps - head for the Buntzen Lake trail back up the road from the parking lot and go over the floating bridge and you will finally see a sign for Diaz Vistas). All along we had a very hard time figuring out the trails because they were not clearly marked at intersections. Watch out for small black magic marker writing on trees at intersections as this may be your only sign. The lake was warm enough to swim in (May 31).

Posted: June 2, 2009 10:40:46 AM PST

Jazz from Burnaby writes:

Exactly, the trees have grown over the years and covered several of the viewpoints. I missed the #3 and when I arrived at #4. I can't find the way to keep going. The direction sign of floating bridge is not very clear.

Nice Views of Indian Arm and Moutains ( I don't know their names lol) and I saw an eagle flying in the sky.

The trail is a mixture of steep hike, soft pinewood (?) and flat.

If taking bus, there won't be any bus directly going to Butzen Lake after the labour Day. You may need to get the Anmore route (double check with translink in details). The bus run every one hour. It was C26, but stopped running now. (schedule will be 1:05.. everyone hour ect....)

Posted: September 2, 2008 11:40:50 AM PST

Ben Jamieson from Coquitlam writes:

Nice views of Indian Arm and across towards Deep Cove and Seymour Mountain. Couldn't find '10 views' though as I think the trees have grown over the years and covered several of the viewpoints. The first section of the trail was pretty steep but once we got to the first viewpoint, the trail leveled off and the rest was mainly downhill until Buntzen lake.

Posted: April 29, 2008 02:02:34 PM PST