Welcome to Squamish

Welcome to Squamish is a climbing site in British Columbia, Canada. Welcome to Squamish is situated nearby to the climbing site Papoose Frontside, as well as near the stone The Mastodon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Watts Point volcanic centre.

Watts Point volcanic centre

Volcano

The Watts Point volcanic centre is a small outcrop of Pleistocene age volcanic rock at Watts Point in British Columbia, Canada, about 10 kilometres south of Squamish and 40 kilometres north of Vancouver, and just north of Britannia Beach. Watts Point volcanic centre is situated 4 km southwest of Welcome to Squamish.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Squamish and Lions Bay-Britannia Beach.

Squamish is a town of about 20,000 people in the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia half-way between Vancouver and Whistler. Squamish calls itself "the Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada" due to the abundant rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, golf, fishing, kayaking, bouldering, white-water rafting, horseback riding, scuba diving and other activities readily available in the area.

Lions Bay-Britannia Beach

Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stretching along the eastern shore of Howe Sound, Lions Bay to Britannia Beach is a series of small communities and parks offering some gorgeous views, outdoor recreation and 30 km of some of the most spectacular driving in Canada.

Woodfibre

Locality

Woodfibre, originally Britannia West, was a pulp mill and at one time a small company town, on the west side of upper Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia. The mill closed in March 2006. Woodfibre is situated 6 km west of Welcome to Squamish.

Welcome to Squamish

Type: Climbing site
Category: sports location
Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude

49.66734° or 49° 40′ 2″ north

Longitude

-123.16703° or 123° 10′ 1″ west

Open location code

84XRMR8M+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13880517708

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=climbing

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Satellite Map

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Papoose Frontside and The Mastodon.

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