We hiked Lynn Loop trail today and it was fantastic! The whole hike is off leash. Gus was in doggy heaven running through the forest, meeting other dogs and drinking from cold mountain streams. This is a great alternative to our Endowment lands walks. It didn't take long to get there from our place on Main street, about 30 minutes. I'm sure it would take MUCH longer if we attempted this on a weekday after work!
The trail was fairly easy, there was about a 10 minute uphill climb at the beginning and then it evened out and the trail meandered through a forest filled with Cedar and Hemlock trees. It eventually ended up on the gravel service road that runs along Lynn Creek. All in all it was about a 1.5 - 2 hour hike and we were not going too fast, we even stopped to let the dogs have a few play sessions.
The trail is very well maintained, and is fairly well traveled (so you're never far from other humans). I highly recommend this hike whether you have a doggy friend or not!
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We have been looking for new places to take Gus for off leash fun. Dog parks are not the best for him, he is HIGH energy and tends to bowl over little dogs and run around like a maniac if we are just standing around. We usually take him to the UBC Endowment lands at least once a week, usually a couple times. Its perfect for him there, he can be off leash running around, jumping through the forest as fast as he wants with out bugging anyone. Plus he seems to do a lot better when we are on a "mission" rather than standing around. I like it a lot more too, standing around at the dog park gets boring after a few minutes.
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I had read about Everett Crowley on the City of Vancouver dog park page and thought it sounded like something worth checking out and I'm so glad we did! It's 100 acres of off leash fun right in the city! Ok maybe it's not all off leash but the majority of trails are. It is located in the neighborhood of Killarney between South East Marine Drive and 63rd Avenue on Kerr Street. Everett Crowley used to be the Avalon dairy farm, in 1944 it was donated to the city and they turned it into a landfill. The residents were not happy and complained and it was eventually closed down . In the late 80's it was turned into the park it is today. There are some nice views of the North Arm of the Fraser River and of the Richmond cranberry farms.
We will definitely go back. It's not anywhere near as beautiful as the Endowment lands but it's a great off leash area for dogs, lots of dogs to socialize with and we were able to walk around and get a bit of exercise as well.
At one point Gus was sitting down holding his leg up, gave us a fright as we thought he'd blown a leg. When we got to him he was favoring it a bit and limping. I put him on leash so that he didn't make it worse. After about 10 minutes he seemed fine and we let him back off leash. He just goes for everything at 200% he's such a nut case when he's allowed to just go for it! This was yet another thing telling me I am supposed to do a doggy first aid course. I'm going to look for one now! Any suggestions?
Booo I forgot my camera, so all photo's are from Vancouver is Awesome
We took Gus out to Golden Ears National Park this weekend. We decided to walk the Lower Falls trail. This is an easy walk through a beautiful forest. The trail runs along gold creek.
About 20 minutes in there is a great rocky beach where the dogs can stop for a drink and swim before continuing on to the falls.
Beautiful views of the mountains, lots of off leash dogs, this is a great walk! It's about 3 kms each way.
Gus had and absolute blast running at top speed through the forest. He was leaping over fallen trees, chasing other dogs, having the time of his life!
We have also noticed that he is really starting to listen better and stick a bit closer while we are out on walks! Yay!
If Golden Ears Park was closer we would be doing this walk all of the time!
