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After crossing over the Sky Pilot Suspension Bridge, people told Lee and Karen Duquette that they can hike the trails but the area where they are standing will soon be closed off for a wedding. Lee Duquette took two quick panorama photos from this area and then the two RV Gypsies ventured off onto the trails. |
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There are several short and mostly flat walking trails that start near the lodge, looping through thick forest and to lookout platforms.The mile Spirit Trail loop was dotted with signs telling the history of the Squamish First Nation, an Indian group whose ancestral lands included 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 Lee and Karen Duquette of course - they are brave and adventuresome, but not foolish enough to overdue). |
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Lee and Karen Duquette followed the sign to the Olesen Falls Viewpoint but there was not any waterfall to be seen. But they could see a path where a waterfall must have been at one time. |
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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 Lee and Karen Duquette chose to walk over the Sky Pilot Suspension bridge one more time (that is why there are so many photos of them on the bridge). |
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Below: Time to ride the gondola back down the mountain. |
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Looking out the window of the gondola, Karen Duquette noticed people hiking up the mountain, and the man even had a dog on his back. |
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Below: Karen and Lee Duquette got a look at the rough climb that the people shown above have ahead of them. Many people on the Gondola wondered how they even got that far. |
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