Seven ways through the rainforest.

The bridge that started everything. First strung across the Capilano Canyon in 1889 — hemp ropes, cedar planks, and the help of August Jack Khahtsahlano of the Squamish Nation. Today's bridge is wider, anchored in 13 tons of concrete on each side, and engineered to flex without alarm.

Most guests cross in five to fifteen minutes. The bridge sways gently underfoot. Halfway across, the river is 70 metres below and the wind moves through the firs.

Seven mini-bridges, eight elevated platforms, and the canopy of an old-growth Douglas fir grove around you. Treetops Adventure was built without driving a single bolt into a living tree — each platform sits on a custom-designed collar that flexes as the trunk grows.

Plan fifteen to twenty minutes to walk it slowly. The platforms reach 33 metres above the forest floor — the height of a ten-storey building.

A cantilevered walkway that clings to the granite face of the canyon, projecting out over the river. Glass underfoot in places. No sway — the walkway is rigid steel, so even guests who skip the bridge often walk Cliffwalk.

The route includes a few staircases. There are pause points at each cantilever — perfect for slowing down, looking sideways into the gorge, or simply standing still.

A clearing of totem poles, weather-darkened and lichen-flecked, carved by artists from the Squamish, Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw, Tlingit, Haida and other Pacific Northwest nations. The earliest poles in the grove arrived in 1935 under "Mac" MacEachran's invitation — many still stand.

Visit on a sunny morning, and the sun comes through the firs in long shafts. Visit in rain, and the carving comes alive with detail you wouldn't otherwise see. Park interpreters offer talks throughout the day.

An indoor exhibit chronicling the park from 1889 onward — sepia photographs of the Capilano Tramps, articles about the rebuilding crews of 1956, and small artefacts from the Tea House and the early gift shops. Read at your own pace; allow ten to fifteen minutes.

The Story Centre is fully accessible and a quiet stop for guests who want to skip the bridge crossing.

An interpretive walk through the canyon-side rainforest — sword fern, salal, cedar saplings, the trunks of trees that have been growing here for several hundred years. Interpretive signs explain the layered ecology, from the forest floor up to the canopy you've already walked.

This is the path most guests miss, and it's the one most rangers recommend.

Birds-of-prey encounters during the warmer months — falcons, owls, occasional hawks. Handlers from Raptor's Ridge bring the birds out for short, narrated demonstrations several times a day. Open during park hours, no booking needed; show up and wait quietly.