Capilano Suspension Bridge: tourist trap or worth the $$$?

Drive through Stanley Park, over the Lions Gate Bridge, and 10 minutes later, you’ve arrived in a temperate rainforest at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park.

The treetop adventure in Capilano Suspension Bridge Park was built by hand using old-fashioned pulleys and ropes so no trees were damaged during construction. Bridges and platforms are attached to the trees with steel collars instead of nails.
The oldest tree in this forest is more than 1,300 years old. British Columbia has one fourth of the remaining coastal temperate rainforest in the world. 

The park’s famous bridge sways 230 feet above the Capilano River. We found the side attractions even more thrilling: a treetop catwalk and a cliff-hugging path. There are lots of stairs here, so leave your stroller in the trunk and wear your babies.

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park is a bit of a tourist trap, and spendy (online advance tickets run CA$62.95 for adults, CA$24.95 for kids). To get more bang for your buck, bookmark the outing for winter, when the trees and bridges get decked out in holiday lights.

PNW-ers are notoriously rugged, winter-camping-with-infants kind of parents. Capilano is not rugged. It is a curated, accessible nature experience for the indoorsy, with lovely restaurants and restrooms on-site.

My story is in The Seattle Times.

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