Seymour Demonstration Forest – Seymour Trailway loop from Commercial–Broadway

Seymour Demonstration Forest – Seymour Trailway loop from Commercial–Broadway

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Seymour Demonstration Forest – Seymour Trailway loop from Commercial–Broadway

05:00

87.1km

1,660m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 9, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 30.7 km for 93 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

26.4 km

You can walk down from the parking lot to a lookout point that peers between the treetops in the direction of Port Moody. The lookout is right along the road but separated from traffic by barricading.

Tip by

50.5 km

Seymour Parkway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Smooth road through the forest blocked for car traffic

Tip by

60.3 km

Seymour Dam

Highlight • Monument

60.4 km

Seymour Lake Gazebo

Highlight • Viewpoint

Head up the Seymour Valley Trailway, from Lillooet Road (from the turnaround, DO NOT go up the service road). It'll eventually connect to the Seymour Dam Falls Road/Seymour Mainline that'll lead to the dam.

The path to the gazebo isn't paved.

Tip by

69.2 km

Seymour Demonstration Forest

Highlight • Forest

The trail that runs through the Seymour Demonstration Forest, or the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/park/lower-seymour-conservation-reserve), is probably the most pleasant car-free paved trail in the Vancouver area. From the gazebo at the Rice Lake entrance to the gate at Seymour Dam, the path is 11 km long, with gentle rolling hills and curves. There are washrooms and a drinking fountain near the Rice Lake entrance.

It is sometimes a few degrees chillier on this trail, even on a hot summer day, due to the trees, the elevation, and the valley that can trap a pocket of cool air.

Cautions:
- The road to the park is gated, and therefore inaccessible to cars, at night.
- Throttle-actuated bikes are prohibited on the trail.
- The trail has multiple speed gates with flexible bollards.
- Since much of the trail is off-limits to cars and also out of range of cell phone service, be sure that your bike is in good working order, and that you are able to handle any likely mechanical issues.
- Bears roam the area. (nsnews.com/local-news/glad-to-be-alive-man-t-bones-bear-while-cycling-in-north-vancouver-7015380)

Tip by

69.3 km

Seymour Trailway

Highlight • Trail

79.1 km

Beach

81.6 km

Adanac Bikeway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This traffic-calmed, mostly residential, street is a popular designated bike route. Note, however, that several intersections along the route have cross traffic that doesn't stop. There is a water fountain at Templeton Street.

Tip by

87.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

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