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Snowboarding or skiing for the winter is a non negotiable- if you don’t know how, then learn! It’s (snow) much fun. I believe grouse do a shuttle from the city if you do not drive. Aside from that - Stanley park is lovely, there’s also some lovely easy hikes out north van - deep cove quarry rock and you can treat yourself to fish and chips after at micro eatery. Lighthouse park. All with stunning views. Bowen lookout at cypress. All super easy beginner hikes. Get the ferry out to Bowen island - it’s small but it’s cute and there’s nice little pubs/ restaurants and plenty of hikes/walks. Horseshoe bay itself is usually a nice spot for a fish and chips but they’re redeveloping the sea front right now so it’s not as nice as usual.. I haven’t done it but the chief in Squamish is meant to be nice, or sea to sky gondola (or both). Unfortunately everything I’ve listed relies on decent weather and it’s the start of the rain now in Van but keep them up your sleeve for when we get a rare fry day over the coming 6 months!
Fisherman's wharf in Steveston is nice on a sunny day. Maybe try the pumpkin patch in Maple Ridge if you have kids or are a kid at heart. And Butchart's garden in Victoria is also a must see especially in spring and summer.
The capilani suspension bridge is quite nice during the holidays when they put up the lights. Warning though, it's expensive imo. But it's worth to go at least once.
Go eat stuff at east van - best place to explore for foodies I suggest you start with Downlow Chicken and go from there :).
I agree with S1 about snowboarding or skiing, I did that and did grouse, seymour and whistler - aiming for one of the alberta hills now and maybe Revelstoke
So, I’ve never been to cypress cause commuting there sucks if you don’t have a car and I generally get a season pass. A lot of people tell me there’s lots of skiers there - which is a red flag for me as a snowboarder lol.
Grouse is very accessible through bus or Evo and I like their infrastructure - worse thing there is if you get lift lines to access or leave the mountain. Runs wise I like their blues but their blacks suck - it’s rare that they aren’t frozen solid and are complete mogul territory which for a snowboarder is generally a hard pass. Their parks are really good and the view from up there is the most beautiful view i’ve seen from a mountain ever (you know if you like looking over a full city). If your doing blues in grouse u will avoid a lot of the greenhorns cause blue areas don’t have greens and newbies will avoid these, that also translates to smaller lift lines in those areas - you can also link runs a lot so you can get sometimes 2-3 runs before going back to the lift.
Seymour has better, longer runs, the snow is better so if between that and grouse if you just wanna do it for the sport - Seymour is better, that being said going back up the top of the mountain takes like 3 different lifts, which sucks and the lift lines specially on the middle is normally yuge. But the commute sucks without a car - they have a bus service but it only picks you up outside of downtown and the bus is cramped as hell, their infrastructure sucks (I once got kicked out of their restaurant during covid because of a 40 minute max rule while waiting for the bus and the only alternative I had to avoid the cold was the shop where i browsed for 45 minutes…), lifts are small and uncomfortable, etc. Seymour sells decent gear from local brands like Wired snowboards and Salmon arm mittens which are high quality stuff, whereas Grouse sells more international brands - they both provide discounts to passholders on gear and are actually not crazy expensive. Grouse has more stuff though.
Also food is generally better and less expensive at Grouse (you also have way more options)
If you like vegetation/outdoors, the Van Dusen gardens is also awesome. I also liked Deep Cove. It's an awesome walk along the water and a bunch of great restaurants in the area (I personally really liked Osaka sushi).