Squamish, an hour or so north of Vancouver, claims to be the "outdoor capital of Canada", popular with climbers and walkers who come to scale the Chief - a big granite monolith which towers over the town and the Howe Sound. We spent almost two weeks here, dusting off the climbing kit for the first time in the trip! Here are some piccies....
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| The Grand Wall of the Chief from Squamish Harbour |
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| Views inland towards the Rockies |
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| Kite surfers enjoying the ridiculously strong winds from a spit that juts out into the Sound... Pretty cool to watch as they attempted jumps and tricks! |
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| Looking down on the First Summit from The Second Summit - I'm the idiot waving in the pink fleece! |
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| Looking down on Squamish Town |
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| Jumping for joy! |
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| Amazing colours on the path down from the Chief |
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| Remembering how to climb in the forest full of boulders beneath the chief |
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| A little cherub carving shows us how it's done! |
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| Walking in to the climbing... thick ancient forests! |
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Some of the fantastic granite cracks which makes Squamish a mecca for climbers
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| Top-outs overlooking the town... |
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| More bargain baked beans... Quick and tasty - great post-climbing food!!! |
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| We had some rain here - but it was a perfect excuse to book ourselves into a motel |
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| Happy days sheltering from the rain |
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| The mighty Chieftain Hotel - looks super seedy from the outside but was actually a really nice and friendly place! |
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| The first TV we'd seen in ages was a strangely compelling diving dogs competition! |
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| It was also blackberry season and there were ridiculous amounts of big juicy ones around the town - a tasty treat , great with muesli too! |
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| This pub is reputed to make the best burgers in town so we checked it out as an end of trip treat... |
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| It didn't disappoint! Homemade burgers, yam (sweet potato) fries and a well earned pint :-) |
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