The Coast Mountain Circle Tour provides any visitor to British Columbia a truly remarkable vacation opportunity, where the unique topographical features of the region combine with history to provide a trip that offers everything that today’s traveller desires. From magnificent vistas, guided educational and historical trips to arts & culture experiences, the Coast Mountain Circle tour combines the best of outdoor attractions, adventure and family fun to create an unforgettable vacation.  Make it your own and customize the trip to suit your own desires. The trip can take 3 days, 5 days, or 10 days .... you decide!

Total Route Distance: 568 km or 341 mi

Communities along the route:  Vancouver - Burnaby - Surrey - Fort Langley - Langley - Abbotsford - Chilliwack - Harrison Hot Springs - Hope - Boston Bar - Lytton - Lillooet - Joffre Lakes - Pemberton - Whistler - Squamish - Vancouver

Experience the abundance of the Fraser Valley with its massive fields of corn and flowers. Learn about the history of the aboriginal peoples and the integration of Europeans into the western region. Experience the rush of spectacular mountain waterfalls. Get wet at family fun-filled water parks. Take part in the historic Gold Rush through visits to regional museums.

Learn how the ruggedness of the Canadian landscape created formidable challenges for early explorers at Hell’s Gate. Understand the importance of the region’s river system to the migrating salmon. Share the mighty Fraser River via a white water rafting adventure. Experience the unique desert-like features of the interior ranch lands first-hand, on trail rides for a day or a week.

Understand the solitude of the wilderness by hiking through the expansive mountain forests, where hidden lakes dot the region. Each turn along the trail is a wonder to behold in Manning Park, one of the region’s most popular natural parks. Camp or picnic where the only sound is the wind whistling through the trees in the Nahatlatch. Be humbled by the magnitude of the massive forests and mountains that make up British Columbia.

Experience the lake country where mountainous roadways offer amazing vistas around each corner. See alpine meadows in full bloom or golf beautiful mountain courses where you might be sharing the greens with the wildlife.

Spend time wandering the quaint village streets of the world-class mountain village – Whistler. In winter, ski Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains from the mile high peaks direct to your overnight accommodation. Taste uniquely British Columbia flavours in Whistler’s world-renowned restaurants. Experience a full variety of summer resort activities for all members of the family, including golf, trail rides, rafting, backpacking, hiking and shopping.

Complete the circle tour via the most spectacular roadway in the world – The Sea to Sky Highway. From the mountain encircled village of Whistler, travel through narrow valleys with mountain glaciers visible in the distance to Howe Sound where the splendour of the ocean is awe-inspiring. Watch rock climbers from around the world test their mettle on the steep face of The Chief, a climber’s paradise in Squamish at the north end of Howe Sound. Experience the mist off massive mountain waterfalls. Stop at each viewpoint to experience the sights and sounds o ocean meeting mountains.

With one last look at Howe Sound, the Sea to Sky Highway turns one final corner and the mountains give way to a spectacular view of one of the most beautiful cities in the world – Vancouver. Be sure to spend some time on the city’s North Shore, where you’ll find everything from outdoor adventure to the world-class attractions just waiting to be discovered. Complete the Coast Mountain Circle Tour with all the sights sounds and smells of one of the deepest working harbours in the world. A cosmopolitan urban centre where cultures mix and mingle to create a cosmopolitan urban centre which 1.5 million people are proud to call home.

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