Hotels in North Vancouver, British Columbia

A little about North Vancouver...

The City of North Vancouver is a waterfront municipality on the north shore of Burrard Inlet, directly across from Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the smallest of the three North Shore municipalities, and the most urbanized as well. Although it has significant industry of its own, including shipping, chemical production, and film production, the City is usually considered to be a suburb of Vancouver.

The City of North Vancouver is separated from Vancouver by the Burrard Inlet. It is surrounded on three sides by the District of North Vancouver.

The City of North Vancouver is relatively densely populated with a number of residential high-rise buildings in the Central Lonsdale and Lower Lonsdale areas.

The City has much in common with the District Municipality of North Vancouver and West Vancouver. Together these three municipalities are commonly referred to as the North Shore. The differences between the two "North Vans" are most apparent to their residents. Other Lower Mainland residents are seldom aware of the difference between the two and refer to both as "North Vancouver".

Grouse Mountain is a ski area and tourist attraction located in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Public access to the mountain is by aerial tramway, the Grouse Grind hiking trail, or the Old Grouse Mountain Highway (foot and bicycle access only).

Grouse Mountain:
Super Skyride
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Nearest city: North Vancouver
Top elevation: 1,231 m (4,039 ft)
Base elevation: 274 m
Runs: 24 (13 night skiing)
17% beginner
54% intermediate
21% advanced
8% expert
Lift system: 2 chairlifts
2 ropes
1 magic carpet

The area at the bottom of what is now known as "The Cut" (one of Vancouver's most famous ski runs) is the original base of the mountain. It was here that the ski area's first lodge, as well as rope tow, was located.

The Mount Seymour ski area has four lifts, the Mystery Peak, Brockton, and Lodge double chairlifts, and the Goldie Lake Ropetow. A fifth double chairlift, the Ridge Chair was destroyed in a windstorm in 1998, and is currently still standing, though gradually rotting away. Another beginner lift, the Enquist Ropetow was removed in the early 1990s.The area offers 330 metres of vertical drop and 1700 centimetres of annual snowfall. Skiing and snowboarding is available on 21 marked trails and many unmarked routes. The longest trail is 1.6 km long and over half the trails have night lighting. Additional terrain parks exist for freestyle and halfpipe activities. Terrain has also been developed for snowtubing and tobogganing.