Sea to Sky Gondola page 2 of 2
July 15, 2015

After crossing over the Sky Pilot Suspension Bridge, people told Karen that she could hike the trails but the area where they are standing will soon be closed off for a wedding. Lee took two quick panorama photos from this area and then to two RV Gypsies ventured off onto the trails.

There are several short and mostly flat walking trails that start near the lodge, looping through thick forest and to lookout platforms.

The ¼-mile Spirit Trail loop is dotted with signs telling the history of the Squamish First Nation, an Indian group whose ancestral lands include the area.

The mile-long Panorama Trail winds through tall firs and cedars to a dramatic viewing platform cantilevered off a cliff with a 360-degree view.

Hardier hikers can use the gondola for quick access to miles of backcountry trails that climb deeper and higher into the mountains. Or they can hike up from the gondola base for a vertical workout — and reward themselves with cold beer at the Summit Lodge (not for the two RV Gypsies of course).

The two RV Gypsies followed the sign to the Olesen Falls Viewpoint but there was not any waterfall. But they could see a path where a waterfall must have been at one time.

The trails looped back to the lodge. There is a trail to and from the lodge from here so that people can bypass the suspension bridge, but of course the two RV Gypsies chose to walk over the Sky Pilot Suspension bridge one more time (that is way there are so many photos of them on the bridge).

Please return to the BC Canada menu for more adventures:
Harrison Hot Springs, waterfalls, more Squamish, Whistler, Sasquatch, the City of Hope, historical railway tunnels, aerial trams (gondolas), bears, Mr. PG, Smithers, Provincial Parks, fish jumping, campgrounds in B.C. and more.