March 29, 2020
Stats: 15 km / 430m cumulative gain / 4.5 hours MT
We walked from #3 to #7, backtracked #7 to #5, crossed the top of the dam, descended to #9, crossed over the river to #8, got back onto #3. We parked on the east side of Ambleside Park.
pic 1-5) The trail at the mouth of the Capilano River before it angled up, under 3 bridges and through some suburbs. pic 6) Vinkas 7) Salmon Berry
Much of the coast-to-canyon route follows a 1917 rail bed built by the Capilano Timber Co.
After about an hour we passed the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park and then turned right into the lush forest.
Viewpoint overlooking the canyon.
5 pic slider - A forest made up of Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock & Douglas Fir. This is primarily a second-growth forest. Most of the old-growth cedars were felled by 1934. In 1926 this became a protected park.
On the broad gravel Pipeline walk way.
A misty spray on the wooden platform at the base of Capilano Falls.
3 pic slider - A few trees escaped the axes & saws in the early 1900s on the Giant Firs Trail.
At the top of the falls.
The Cleveland Dam is 97m high. The total cost in 1955: $10.7 million. Equivalent cost in 2013: $75 million
The Capilano Watershed is one of three that provide Metro Vancouver with some of the world's best drinking water. The Capilano River begins it's journey as snowmelt atop Capilano Mt, which is 20 km away from the lake.
pic 1) Crossing the river just past the hatchery before connecting again with the Capilano Pacific Trail.
pic 3) Case loves trees. He's got a dutch degree in horticulture and runs his own landscape business for 44 years now.
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