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Place Details  Distance: 8.0Km Elevation: 440m High Point: 1325m Location: West Vancouver, BC, Canada 24 Posts  snowshoed Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Mood and date:  Dec 29, 2011After holidays spent consuming beer, turkey, treats, and more beer, a snowshoe trek seemed fair punishment to burn off some calories.
Glad
 snowshoed Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Mood and date: Dec 29, 2011I was part of Bruce's group. It was a great day out. We avoided precipitation but the weather was cool enough to keep me from overheating.
This
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) GPS Mood and date: Oct 31, 2011I expected snow right from the trailhead, but it wasn't like that. The first section was bare. A thin layer of snow started from 1000m. It got
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area)  Mood and date:  Sep 04, 2011Gorgeous views, met kids as young as 4 years and seniors hiking this interesting, steady uphill trail. One small patch of snow 3/4 way up to
 hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Mood and date: Jul 01, 2011We didn't do the full hike due to copious amounts of snow on the trail, but we did get some great views and we had most of the place to ourselves
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Mood and date:  May 28, 2011It's not often I say this but don't bother right now - it's a horrible slog. The snow conditions were wet and slushy and snowshoes didn't help
snowshoed Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Mood and date: Apr 09, 2011Spring conditions on the North Shore. The recent heavy snowfall was deep and unconsolidated (apart from a bit of a sun crust) and saturated:
snowshoed Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Mood and date: Feb 19, 2011I was turned back at the bottom of the bowl road at 630pm (I couldn't sleep the morning).
Later, I was allowed up to waht was one of the
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Mood and date: Jan 02, 2011A peaceful morning snowshoe to the peak.
I managed to beat the hoards on the way up by being at the trailhead itself by 8am.
An amazing
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Mood and date: Oct 03, 2010Unfortunately for me, the day I reserved for hiking was the worst weather wise for a while! But seeing as I have not been hiking locally for
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Date: Apr 18, 2010 The snow is getting soft up there..
There are no marker poles along the route, but it is so clear and well-trodden you would have to make an
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Date: Jan 17, 2010 I actually wanted to go up to Black Mountain, but the Cypress ski area isnow officially closed for public so I did this one instead.
There is
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Date: Nov 14, 2009 Visibility was not great, but still a nice snowshoe hike fo a Saturday afternoon. The trail is not marked yet, and parts of it run still through
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) GPS  Date: Nov 11, 2009 First time to snowshoe. Snowshoes were absolutely required. Luckily I wasn't the first to break the trail. There was one person ahead of me and
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) GPS  Date: Nov 08, 2009 There is plenty of snow. The trees were loaded. There were tracks of snowshoes and even skis. I can tell you the snowshoe season has started
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Date: Oct 24, 2009 No snow, no ice. A bit muddy. Good short (<4 hour) hike to do in an afternoon with good views, and close to Vancouver!
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area)  Date: Apr 08, 2009 the snow was heavy and it was hard to get off trail. I saw some people hiking it without snowshoes but I think it helped to have them especially
Date: Apr 05, 2009 Snowshoes not necessary on the firm-packed trail but definitely needed off trail. High temperatures caused top layers to slide easily in the
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Date: Mar 18, 2009 a night hike in rain and snow. We had almost the whole trail for ourselves except a small group turned back at the back-country warning sign.
hiked Hollyburn Peak (from cross country ski area) Date: Feb 25, 2009 Night hike without snowshoes, though it would have been helpful. It was snowing. Road down Cypress was slippery. Plowing was on its way.
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