Afternoon Hike Up to St. Mark's Summit

A couple of weekends ago, Dave and I decided to take advantage of some awesome weather and do a little day hike. We scooped up our friend Evan and the three of us headed north of Vancouver to the Cypress Ski Mountain Area, where we ended up taking Howe Sound Crest Trail up to St. Mark's Summit.

From the Cypress Mountain parking lot, we followed signs for Howe Sound Crest Trail. Here are some pictures from our hike! Enjoy :)

.  view of The Lions from Howe Sound Crest Trail  .

The trail was generally pretty easy, winding along the mountainside and through the woods over gravel roads, rocks and roots: 

.  dave and evan  .

Closer to the St. Mark's Summit, there was a good amount of snow and mud to get through... but once we got through all of that we were able to relax at the summit and eat some lunch while enjoying views of the Sea to Sky Highway and islands below:

.  evan and i  .

.  islands in the sound below  .

This was a pretty leisurely 7-mile afternoon hike - it's great to be able to do things like this for fun/exercise rather than head inside to the gym on a gorgeous day. The weekend after this we went on a much bigger hiking trip, where we got to camp out as well. I can't wait to show you those pics!! Stay tuned :)

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