Mount Strachan is part of the trio of mountains, also Black Mountain and Hollyburn Mountain that form a bowl, or Cypress Bowl that give the resort its name. The Cypress part of the name comes from the Cypress or Yellow Cedar that fills the valley. Both Mount Strachan and Hollyburn Mountain are easy hikes from the Cypress Resort parking lot. Mount Strachan is a short but beautiful hike that can be done in just a couple hours from the trailhead at Cypress Mountain Resort.
Trailhead starts at Cypress MountainBeautiful views from the topDogs are welcomeOccasional bear sightings!On the Howe Sound Crest TrailPlane wreckage from a 1963 crash!Less busy than nearby trailsBeautiful drive to Cypress
Snow can persist into July!Very easy to lose the trail
Black Mountain 
Brunswick Mountain 
Burnaby Lake 
Burnaby Mountain Coliseum Mountain Crown Mountain Cypress Falls Deeks Peak Deep Cove Deer Lake Dog Mountain 
Goat Mountain Goldie Lake 
Grouse Mountain Hollyburn Mountain Kitsilano Beaches Lighthouse Park Lynn Canyon Lynn Peak Mt Elsay Mt Fromme 
Mt Hanover Mt Harvey Mt Seymour Mt Strachan Mystery Lake Pacific Spirit 
Rice Lake St Mark's Summit Stanley Park Unnecessary Mountain
It's a nice taste of the Howe Sound Crest Trail that extends to the horizon from here. For Mount Strachan you can start near the main lodge walk directly up the gravel road and start along the Yew Lake trail. This immediately gets you into deep forest as you ascend toward the Howe Sound Crest Trail. There are excellent signs at all the trail junctions. The Howe Sound Crest Trail comes to a fork at about 2.5 kilometres from the trailhead near Cypress Mountain Lodge. Taking the trail to the right takes you to Mount Strachan in about 15 minutes. Past the Mount Strachan north peak and Mount Strachan south peak you can continue by following the Mount Strachan trail which in turn connects to the Baden Powell Trail returning you to where you began near the Cypress Mountain Lodge. Roundtrip, this circle route is 6 kilometres and should take about 2 hours. Mount Strachan is part of the 29k Howe Sound Crest Trail as it lays at the one end of this span at the Cypress trailhead. Among the hiker friendly mountains (from Cypress north) on the Howe Sound Crest Trail are: St Mark`s Summit, Unnecessary Mountain, The Lions, Mount Harvey, Mount Hanover, Brunswick Mountain and finally Deeks Peak.
Black Mountain Brunswick Mountain Burnaby Lake Burnaby Mountain Coliseum Mountain Crown Mountain Cypress Falls Deeks Peak Deep Cove Deer Lake Dog Mountain Goat Mountain Goldie Lake Grouse Mountain Hollyburn Mountain Kitsilano Beaches Lighthouse Park Lynn Canyon Lynn Peak Mt Elsay Mt Fromme Mt Hanover Mt Harvey Mt Seymour Mt Strachan Mystery Lake Pacific Spirit Rice Lake St Mark's Summit Stanley Park Unnecessary Mountain
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