Tobogganing and Sledding in Vancouver
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Posted in: cheap fun, cheap things to do, newwestminster, snow, surrey, vancouver, weather
Tags: parks, snow
Toboggans, super saucers, krazy karpets and sometimes someone with a make-shift snowboard – all were welcome on the hill. With schools closed and inches of the fluffy wintery goodness cascading from the skies on to Metro Vancouver these are some sublime snow days (unless you actually have to get out and drive in the stuff, then that’s another story).
Kwantlen Park is good for tobogganing and also Grimston Park in New Westminster is rather tube-friendly, with lovely Fraser River views. What are the best parks and inclines for snowman building and tobogganing in your area?
Update: From @BrianLeroux on Twitter: “EPIC SNO BALL FIGHT IN GASTOWN 3pm. Abbott and Water Street. #gastownsnowballfight”.
Update: Here’s a video from the Gastown Snowball Fight.
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December 17th, 2008 at 10:45 am
China Creek North Park in Mount Pleasant, 6th Ave and St. Catherines, has a great hill that always attracts tobogganers in the snow. Just two blocks from VCC-Clark Skytrain, or parking available along Great Northern Way.
December 17th, 2008 at 10:47 am
We really like Queen Elizabeth park. There’s a super long ride at the top. Our 3 year old kids just like any hill though, Douglas Park is fine.
December 17th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Burnaby Mountain Park has to be one of the best and steepest hills to go sledding at. It’s a bit out of the way to get to without a car but can be walked to from a bus stop or via trails from SFU.
December 17th, 2008 at 10:50 am
When I was resident of the big smoke we used to head to Burnaby Mountain. If you could get to that restaurant on the west side they had a huge open lawn (park?) that was great.
Nowadays we just head out to the vineyard and try not to be decapitated by the trellis wires
December 17th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I have created a google map for folks to add their favourite places to toboggan and sled.
Google Map link here: http://budurl.com/nsw4
Slip slide away!
JP
December 17th, 2008 at 11:01 am
In Surrey, just over the Port Mann Bridge there is an area called Birdland. There is a great little hill near the baseball diamonds.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Cypress Bowl – Hollyburn Ridge. You can line up and pay for the commercial slopes, but if you are equipped and a bit fit, snowshoe up the hiker’s route.
December 17th, 2008 at 11:06 am
There are some nice little hills in and around Sutcliffe Park by Granville Island, near the False Creek Community Centre and the Water Park. The local kids around here go tobogganing there on snowy days like today and it is lots of fun.
December 17th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
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December 17th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
If you’re in Pitt Meadows than Bonson Park (used to be a dump hence the bowl shape) and then in Maple Ridge i heard Maple Ridge Golf Course has some great hills.
December 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Awesome!! I used to love goin down the hills on my GT snow racer!! Going off jumps was the best, until you hit a hard landing and it knocks the wind outta you – THAT is no good hehehe
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
[...] really can not believe Miss 604 beat me to it! New Westminster is a haven for snow sledding for the youthful and the young at heart. [...]
January 7th, 2009 at 11:52 am
[...] As I drove home, I saw some kids sledding down a slope in Cleveland Park. That reminded me of Miss604’s article on sledding on December 17, [...]