The Chief Squamish BC

 Click here for 103 hikes in Southwestern British Columbia.

   The Chief Is an aggressive climb up. The path is mainly made up of large rocks that create a long set of stairs. Although the hike was nice and the view was good i felt it was a bit too touristy for me. there was alot of people that got in my way. with not much room to pass. Its about 2000 vertical feet up. it took us about 2 hours to get to the top at decently fast pace. A good hiking boot can be Helpful, mens boots womans boots. The hike consists of three peak's each one progressively higher, a lot familys and other large groups of people will just do the first one, but i would recommend dodging the crowd skipping the first one and doing the second and the third then taking the back trail down. This first picture is of the first peak taken from the third peek. As you can see the second and third peaks have better views anyways. The back trail is nice you follow a dried up river bed back down, its more of a trail, theres no stairs. A good hiking stick is really helpful.

To the left is an Image from the second peek. Be careful here as it has many cliff ledges. The hike itself is not too dificult with an exception of a few spots but they have rope and chain assists for your safety.