St Mark's Summit Day Hike
If you have been living in Vancouver for a while but have not done this hike, your loss is big! Distance: 11km (round trip) Elevation gain: 460m Highest point: 1370m Hiking time: 3-4 hours (break excluded) Pace: Intermediate (micro-break) St Mark's Summit trail is part of the Howe Sound Crest trail that stretches for 29km from Cypress Bowl to Porteau Cove. From the Cypress downhill parking lot, head towards the nearby skilift and look for the How Sound Crest trail. I first took a group of hikers up to this trail in June. Unfortunately, when we got to the viewpoint, we could barely see anything. It was completely cloudy even though the weather forecast said it was partly cloudy -_- The St Mark's summit's viewpoint was not high enough so we were trapped in the middle of the cloud blanket. After waiting for an hour for the clouds to clear, we eventually decided to head back without any proper views :( A month later, I decided to give it another try. This time...