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gnilma's Hiking Adventures 53 - Lower and Upper Shannon Falls
632 sats \ 2 comments \ @gnilma 22 Dec 2024 alter_native
This week we head to Shannon Falls Provincial Park to see Shannon Falls. The park is located near Squamish, BC, and is about an hour drive north of Vancouver. The Shannon Falls Lookout Trail is a short and easy 1.1km loop trail with minimal elevation gain. The trail enters the forest but very quickly brings you from the spacious parking lot to the observation platform where you get a very clear view of Lower Shannon Falls. The waterfall is quite high, having a 134m drop. After seeing the waterfall at the observation platform, there is a trail to the side where we can get to another platform higher up to get an even closer look of the waterfall.
The drive on Sea to Sky Highway is very pretty, even on a cloudy day.
The waterfall is visible just as you start walking on the trail.
Sign showing various points of interests along the Sea to Sky Corridor.
Following the trail in the forest, the falls can be seen behind the trees.
We see this every time. New growth on top of dead stumps.
Approaching the first observation platform.
Lower Shannon Falls seen at the first observation platform.
Continuing along the trail next to the first observation platform to the higher up observation point.
A closer look of the waterfall seen at the upper observation point.
We went across the water (where Squamish River meets Howe Sound) near the Squamish Terminals to eat our take-out lunch. Lower Shannon Falls can be seen across the water.
Where there is a lower falls for a waterfall, there usually is also an upper falls. The Upper Shannon Falls is a short and small waterfall, which can be accessed by hiking the Sea to Summit Trail. I wrote about the Sea to Summit Trail back in hiking adventure number 12, check it out #429724 . The upper falls flows down into a calm and beautiful pool where the water looked very clear. From here, the water continues to flow down towards Lower Shannon Falls.
Upper Shannon Falls.
The waterfall flows into a relatively calm pool.
From the calm pool, the water continues to flow down towards Lower Shannon Falls.
Check out my previous hikes:
  1. The Panoramic Views of Panorama Ridge
  2. The Golden Larches of Frosty Mountain
  3. The Winter Snow of Pump Peak at Mount Seymour
  4. Sapphire Waters and Azure Skies of Battle Bluff
  5. It Isn't Always Sunshine and Blue Skies
  6. The Frozen River and Waterfalls of Maligne Canyon
  7. The Amazing Arches of Arches National Park
  8. The Bizarre Hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park
  9. The Magnificent Stones of Zion National Park
  10. The Flowing Walls of Lower Antelope Canyon
  11. A Glimpse of Hope at the Hope Lookout Trail
  12. Turquoise Waters viewed from Sea to Summit Trail
  13. The Three Peaks of Mount Seymour
  14. The Serene Winter Scene at Dog Mountain
  15. Murrin Loop and Jurassic Ridge
  16. Yosemite National Park
  17. The Bear's Hump at Waterton National Park
  18. Views of Okanagan from Pincushion Mountain Trail
  19. The Half Frozen Waterfalls at Franklin Falls
  20. Hole in the Wall of Vancouver Island
  21. Sometimes You Just Get Lucky
  22. Winter Wonderland at Alexander Falls
  23. Eagle Bluffs
  24. Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park
  25. Admiralty Point
  26. Myra Canyon Trail
  27. Garabaldi Lake
  28. Botanical Beach Loop
  29. Wild Pacific Trail Lighthouse Loop
  30. Whistler Train Wreck Trail
  31. Grouse Grind
  32. Crown Mountain
  33. Chance Cove Coastal Trail
  34. Big Four Ice Caves
  35. Stawamus Chief First Peak
  36. Four Lakes Trail at Alice Lake Provincial Park
  37. Four Lakes Trail Winter Revisit
  38. Lindeman Lake Trail
  39. Malcolm Knapp Research Forest
  40. Steelhead Falls
  41. Cascade Falls
  42. Dawson Falls
  43. Bridal Veil Falls
  44. Kay Falls and Bear Creek Falls
  45. Lions Bay Loop and Crystal Falls
  46. Overlander Falls
  47. Flood Falls
  48. Marymere Falls
  49. Johnston Canyon Lower Falls
  50. Elfin Lakes
  51. Gold Creek Lower Falls
  52. Nairn Falls
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 22 Dec 2024
Really enjoying the Falls series of posts. Lovely.
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma OP 22 Dec 2024
Thanks, I'm glad you like it. I think I got enough waterfalls left to last till mid February. Back to talking about random hikes after that.
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