Guided Hiking Tours
Small groups, a guide who knows the forest and the trails you would not find on your own
Whistler's best hikes are not always the best known, and the ones that are can be hard to time. A guided hike takes care of both: transport, the trailhead, the pace and the stories, with a certified guide and a group of no more than eight. Whistler Eco Tours runs half-day walks to the valley's landmarks from easy two-hour strolls to moderate four-hour treks.
For anything longer or higher, the guides at Mountain Skills Academy take on the big days such as Garibaldi Lake, and for a self-guided day our hiking guide ranks the trails by distance and difficulty.
The walks
The Ancient Cedars Hike is the one to do if you do one: three and a half hours with an hour of steady climbing on Cougar Mountain to a grove of cedars that were old before Europeans reached the coast. The Train Wreck Adventure is two easy hours along the Cheakamus River to the graffiti-covered boxcars that have sat in the forest since 1956, crossing the suspension bridge on the way.
The Rainforest Walk to Cheakamus Lake is four hours of gentle trail to a glacial lake, and the Waterfall Explorer heads south to Nairn Falls near Pemberton. The Nature Walk around Lost Lake is the easiest of all and a good first morning for families. Departures are generally at 9am and 1pm.
A private guide can be hired for a custom day, with hotel pickup and drop-off and a route chosen for your group. Guides are first-aid trained and carry the interpretation that turns a walk into a tour: the trees, the geology, the history and, from a safe distance, the bears.
Ancient Cedars Hike
A steady hour of climbing on Cougar Mountain to a grove of centuries-old cedars.
Train Wreck Adventure
Easy river trail and a suspension bridge to the 1956 boxcars in the forest.
Rainforest Walk to Cheakamus Lake
Gentle forest trail to a turquoise glacial lake in Garibaldi Park.
Waterfall Explorer
Nairn Falls, south of Pemberton, where the Green River drops through a canyon.
Nature Walk
Lost Lake and the forest around it at an easy pace.
Private Hiking Guide
Your route, your pace, hotel pickup included.
Book a guided hike
Whistler Eco Tours takes bookings for all of its guided walks through its own reservation system. Book there, or email us your dates and we will arrange it and the transfers around it.
Prefer to book through us, or planning for a group? connect@whistlerwired.com
