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Photo Credit: Grouse Mountain. Photo Caption: Grouse Mountain. Tagged: grouse grind , grouse mountain , north vancouver. Keep the trails clean and do your part to make sure that everyone can enjoy the Grind. There are no restrooms or outhouses during the course of the hike.
You can find restrooms in the facilities at the base and peak of the hike. Metro Vancouver actually prohibited speakers from being used on the trail in For your own safety, please make sure you are prepared before heading out on your next adventure. Such a great hike! I did it today for the very first time.
Enjoyed it. I will come back again. Need to crack 1 hour timestamp. Great workout! Trail is really well maintained. Did it for the first time today, finished in just over an hour. Will come back to beat my own personal time. Tough but very achievable. Lovely views from the top, buy your ticket online in advance. Did the grind yesterday after a year. Will come back again to try bcmc trail. Use Navigator in the AllTrails app and join the other outdoor explorers who have completed this trail.
Grouse Grind hard Length 2. This trail is very challenging, and users should come prepared to struggle. On average, it takes up to an hour and a half to complete the ascent. For novice hikers, more than two hours is recommended. The trail begins just east to the right of the Grouse Mountain Gondola in an area with posts set up for hikers to use for stretching their arms and legs before the hike.
Walk past the gate and over the small bridge and immediately begin the uphill ascent. The trail levels out until users reach a sign at a fork in the trail. Go left at the fork and continue your uphill climb making the way over rocks, roots, and wooden steps. After 15 minutes or so, users cross a small bridge over a dried-up creek. It's only another ten minutes to the first quarter mark. Each quarter mark is clearly shown with large signs and can be a relief or an indication on whether to continue or not.
If users are struggling at the first quarter mark or have run out of water, it's probably a better idea to walk back down as there is still a long, gruelling way to go and users could potentially run into some serious problems if they choose to continue. For those continuing, the trail weaves its way uphill over more wooden steps. The third quarter is the steepest with the trail traversing over rock in some sections. The fourth quarter is also quite steep with some sections containing very large steps.
Remember to keep going - the summit is getting close! Once at the top, users have earned bragging rights by saying they have completed 'The Grind'. Here, users will enjoy plenty of spaces to take in the views, relaxing or walking around the area. During the summer, this area is very busy, so expect to have crowds and wait for views at times.
One of the main reasons users love the ascent challenge for this route is because users can, at the summit, walk towards the Grouse Mountain Chalet and up the stairs to the entrance. Just inside, users can buy their ticket for the Gondola ride before heading back down, have a beer at the bar, or wander around the top of Grouse Mountain to check out the events or scenery.
This is truly a unique hiking experience to Vancouver, so those first-time hikers should definitely come here during good weather only.
The trail head is at the base of Grouse mountain and is at the end of Capilano road in North Vancouver. There is ample parking near the trail head and buses run all the way to the hikes starting point if using Google maps find directions to Grouse Mountain Skyride. To find the trail, look for the Grouse Grind sign just east of the Skyride If coming up Capilano road the trail head is just left of the Gondola complex.
Look for the notice board, clock and water vending machine then go through the gate which locks when it gets to late to start, normally around in the summer. The Baden-Powel trail is a well maintained 42 km trail across the Vancouver's north shore mountains. Follow the fork left to stay on the grouse grind. Each quarterly milestone is marked for hikers reference with large blue signs.
This is a good place to take a first break and replenish the fluids. Half way there now. The second half of the Grouse Grind is steeper than the first but by now you will be in the groove of stair climbing so the second half "seems" to pass quicker than the first. The Grind finishes at the Grouse Peak Chalet where drinks and food are available for purchase. There are also a number of tourist attractions at the top of the mountain including: - Wildlife Refuge with two grizzly bears - Lumberjack shows - Eye of the wind - Animal wood carvings - Mountain zip lines - Skyride down the mountain.
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