You can reach a good set of trails without a car. North Shore trails start from Lonsdale Quay (SeaBus) or Park Royal, Burnaby and Port Moody trails are near SkyTrain, and Bowen Island trails start from the Horseshoe Bay ferry.

Bus route numbers and schedules change. Plan every trip in the TransLink Trip Planner.

from lonsdale quay (seabus) and north vancouver

• Grouse Grind (North Shore, very hard)
• Quarry Rock (North Shore, easy)
• Lynn Canyon & 30 Foot Pool (North Shore, easy)
• Capilano Canyon & Cleveland Dam (North Shore, easy)
• Lighthouse Park (North Shore, easy)
• BCMC Trail (Grouse Mountain) (North Shore, very hard)
• Capilano Pacific Trail (North Shore, moderate)
• Mosquito Creek trail (North Shore, moderate)
• Maplewood Flats (North Shore, easy)
• Seaview Walk (North Shore, easy)
• Ambleside to Dundarave Seawalk (North Shore, easy)

The 236 bus runs from Lonsdale Quay toward Grouse Mountain; check TransLink for current service.

from skytrain (burnaby, coquitlam, port moody)

• Stanley Park Seawall (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Pacific Spirit Regional Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Burnaby Mountain Trails (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Coquitlam Crunch (Metro Vancouver, moderate)
• Burnaby Lake loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Deer Lake loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Mundy Park loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Colony Farm Regional Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Tynehead Regional Park loops (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Crescent Beach and Blackie Spit (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Richmond West Dyke Trail (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Queen Elizabeth Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Camosun Bog boardwalk (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Wreck Beach Trail 6 (Metro Vancouver, moderate)
• Port Moody Shoreline Trail (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Barnet Marine Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Central Park (Burnaby) (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Spanish Banks to Jericho Beach (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• False Creek seawall loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Traboulay PoCo Trail (Metro Vancouver, moderate)
• White Rock Promenade (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Stanley Park: Beaver Lake (Metro Vancouver, easy)

from horseshoe bay (ferry)

• Mount Gardner (Bowen Island) (Metro Vancouver, challenging)
• Killarney Lake (Bowen Island) (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Dorman Point (Bowen Island) (Metro Vancouver, moderate)

further out

• Whistler Train Wreck (Sea-to-Sky, easy)

sources

• TransLink (checked October 24, 2026)
• BC Ferries (checked October 24, 2026)