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Reopened Vancouver Area Trails and BC Parks and Current Closures
Posted by: Matthew Inouye
Posted on: May 15th, 2020
As British Columbia has flattened the COVID-19 curve over the past few weeks, the province is beginning to relax restrictions under guidance from Dr. Bonnie Henry. In turn, local parks and trails are more accessible for hiking and other recreational activities. Here's a list of trails and parks that are now reopened, have tentative reopen dates and are still closed.
Reopened Minnekhada Lake A view of Minnekhada Lake from the Lodge Trail. The trails are reopened for hiking. However, the Lodge remains closed until further notice.
Reopened Metro Vancouver Trails and BC Parks
Belcarra Regional Park
The park on the south east end of the Indian Arm is open! Hike to Admiralty Point, Jug Island and Cod Rock.
Golden Ears Provincial Park, Maple Ridge
Access to Allouette Lake, Alder Flats, the Lower Falls and the peaks are now open! The park is restricted to day-use as part of Phase 1 reopening. Camping is not permitted.
Shoreline Trail, Port Moody
The trail overlooking the inlet with views of the North Shore mountains is open and now one-way from Rocky Point east and wrapping around to Ioco Road.
Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, Coquitlam
As of May 14th, this park is now open.
Stawamus Chief Provincial Park, Sea-to-Sky
The BC Park with Shannon Falls is open for day-use! However, the Backside trail that links to the First, Second and Third Peak hikes remains closed.
White Pine / Sasamat Lake, Belcarra
The loop trail and float-walk is open and is now one-way only in a counter-clockwise direction.
Acadia Beach, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Lynn Headwaters Regional Park, Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve
These parks are open! However, their parking lots are closed according to Metro Vancouver
Reopened White Pine Beach and Sasamat Lake A view of an ultra-calm and reflective Sasamat Lake with Buntzen Ridge and Mount Seymour in the background. The Sasamat Lake Loop is now open and one-way in a counter-clockwise direction.
Trails and Parks that still remain closed
Buntzen Lake and all other BC Hydro Recreational Areas
According to BC Hydro, the facilities and parking lots remain closed. However, they are taking staged approach to reopen. They will be sharing more information as it becomes available.
Barnston Island and Brae Island Regional Parks
Both of these parks are still completely closed according to Metro Vancouver.
Cypress Park
Cypress Park on Black Mountain and Hollyburn Mountains remains closed, restricting access to the west end of the Baden Powell, Eagle Bluff, Howe Sound Crest Trail and the Hollyburn Peak trail, among others.
Grouse Grind
The Grouse Grind is not yet open for 2020. However, the BCMC is open but plan to walk back down the trail afterwards as the skyride remains closed.
Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge
This Instagram regular remains closed. It connects portions of the Baden Powell and Lynn Valley Link trails. Unfortunately, it is not possible to cross while maintaining two metres physical distance.
Mount Seymour Provincial Park
The park that covers most of the upper elevation on Mount Seymour remains closed. This affects the Baden Powell trail, Elsay Lake, Dog Mountain trail, Mount Seymour trail among others.
Quarry Rock
The popular trail at the east end of the Baden Powell also remains closed.
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