Current Trail Closures around Vancouver and Southwest B.C.
Last update: 9:23 am, April 28, 2022
On this page we will do our best to keep a current list of all known trail and park closures in and around Vancouver. We’ll also use this page to keep track of any trail restrictions that are seasonal or temporary (ie, winter closures, trail maintenance, or B.C. Parks’ day-use passes).
If you are aware of a trail closure that isn’t listed below, please let us know by emailing info [at] outdoorvancouver [dot] ca or sending us a message on Twitter. You can also leave a comment at the bottom of this page. Thanks, and safe hiking!
Current Trail Closures & Updates
Metro Vancouver Regional Parks
Due to flooding and hazardous conditions as a result of the Nov 14/15 storm, many trails within Metro Vancouver parks are currently closed. Some buildings and areas of parks are also closed due to COVID-19. See the current list of impacted parks and trails here.
North Vancouver
- Lynn Headwaters Regional Park
- Due to unpredictable and rapidly changing hazardous mountain weather conditions, effective Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, the backcountry at Lynn Headwaters Regional Park is CLOSED. This applies to routes beyond Norvan Falls (Hanes Valley, Coliseum Mountain and Lynn Lake) as well as routes in the Grouse subalpine north of Dam Mountain and Thunderbird Ridge (Crown Mountain, Goat Mountain, Little Goat and Goat Ridge). More details from Metro Vancouver here.
- Quarry Rock – The trail is currently closed with no scheduled reopening date.
- Grouse Mountain Regional Park
- Grouse Grind – Currently CLOSED due to heavy snow. More details from Grouse Mountain here & Metro Vancouver here.
- A reminder that if you intend to use the Skyride, that you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
- BCMC Trail – “Starting Monday, April 4 and lasting until Thursday, June 30, the lower part of the BCMC Route will undergo trail upgrades. The bad news is that the trail will be CLOSED Monday to Friday. The good news is that it will be open on weekends and statutory holidays. When the route is closed, it is possible to detour along the Baden-Powell and Larsen Trails to avoid the closed portion of the BCMC Route and reconnect with the upper part of the BCMC near marker 29.” – More details from Metro Vancouver here.
- Grouse Grind – Currently CLOSED due to heavy snow. More details from Grouse Mountain here & Metro Vancouver here.
- Capilano River Regional Park (Pacific Spirit Trail) – A section of the trail remains impassible due to landslide and it may takes months or years to restore.
Tri-Cities
- Buntzen Lake > Swan Falls Trail – “Due to a rockslide, there’s no pedestrian access on Powerhouse Road between North Beach and Buntzen Dam. Swan Falls trail is also inaccessible to hikers at this time.” Read the current updates on the B.C. Hydro website.
- Buntzen Lake Loop > The suspension bridge near north beach has been closed as it is in need of replacement. There is currently no timeline for this to be completed. B.C. Hydro website.
- Colony Farm – “The western perimeter trail at Colony Farm Regional Park is closed until early 2022 to serve as a temporary staging and storage area for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.” More details on Metro Vancouver website.
Fraser Valley & Hope
- Bridal Veil Falls is CLOSED due to storm damage and flooding. More from B.C. Parks here.
- Othello Tunnels (Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park )- CLOSED for the winter due to hazardous conditions and rockfall. The area sustained significant damage during the Nov 2021 storm. A timeline for re-opening is unknown. BC Parks has been slow to update their website, but you can always check here.
- Cultus Lake Provincial Park. Partially-CLOSED for repairs after November flooding. Details here.
- Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park. Partially-CLOSED for repairs after November flooding. Details here.
- Skagit Valley Provincial Park. CLOSED for repairs after November flooding. Details here.
Pemberton
- Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park – Fully closed due to COVID-19. Latest details from B.C. Parks here.
B.C. Recreation Sites and Trails
See here for a full list of current closures across the province.
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Lighthouse Park and Whytcliffe are both open, as are their parking lots.
– June 23, 2020
Karl W
Thanks, I’ve updated the list!
Sandy
Will tennis courts in parks be opening?
Natasha
I’m wondering if you can post about what’s open. I’m having a difficult time determining where I can go since all the trails I used to go on or roads to them are closed. Can you be clear on where we CAN go? I think that would be really helpful. I’m not savvy in the loop holes here.
Natasha
I’m wondering if you can post about what’s open. I’m having a difficult time determining where I can go since all the trails I used to go on or roads to them are closed. Can you be clear on where we CAN go? I think that would be really helpful. I’m not savvy in the loop holes here. Alternatively, a filter on your database with closures would be great. Thank you.
Anon
Agreed. It would be amazing to know what is actually open for those of us that want to hike, but that don’t have an entire database of parks/trails in our brains.
Guiseppe
All trails are open unless specified in the list above. This includes trails in all BC Parks but they are set to open on May 14.
Melissa
I fully agree Natasha! While this page is helpful, I just want to know where I CAN go, so it’d be very helpful to have a page just on what’s open.
Karl W
There’s literally hundreds (a thousand?) of hikes and only dozens of them are off-limits at the moment… It would be futile to try and list them all here.
Your best bet is to use our hike finder (https://www.outdoorvancouver.ca/vancouver-hiking-trail-guides/) where you can filter down by the city you want to hike, if you want to bring your dog, if you want a waterfall, etc. and find a hike that you want to do. Then reference this page to see if its on the list of closed places.
For BC Parks, most are open now except in the lower mainland (not including Golden Ears, Murrin and a few others).
Almost every Metro Vancouver Regional Park is open.
Most other places are open, though some have closed their parking lots or have limited access by municipal by-laws.
If you want a specific recommendation, please comment here with what city are you in, what skill level/ difficulty you want, or what kind of hike you want to do and I’ll do my best to give you some suggestions.
Karl W
Alright I relented and wrote another post on some suggested open trails here :)
Hopefully it’s helpful for generating a few ideas of places to go!
https://www.outdoorvancouver.ca/where-to-hike-in-vancouver-during-covid-19/
Tomina
Whytecliff Park and Lighthouse Parks in West van are NOT closed.
Whytecliff Park parking lot is closed and
Lighthouse Park parking lot is closed.
washrooms being maintained!