- Canada’s Outdoor Recreation Capital! World class mountain biking, climbing, hiking, kiteboarding & windsurfing within minutes of Squamish Adventure Inn! Check out our Adventure Guide to help you explore the town, find great places to eat and drink, and get out on the trails, rivers, and mountains!
- One of the top 50 places to go in the world in 2024 according to the Travel Lemming, an online purveyor of travel guides globally.
- Squamish is an English adaptation of the indigenous name Skwxwú7mesh, which means “Mother of the Wind”.
What is Squamish?
Who is Squamish?
- Population 20,000 people making it the 242nd biggest city in Canada and 39th biggest in BC!
- 36 years old is the median age of Squamish (vs 41 in BC), which also has BC’s fastest growing youth population
- Possible (or likely?) home of the Sasquatch
0% vacancy rate for apartments and houses. Everyone wants to move here but there aren’t enough places ( …so stay at the Squamish Adventure Inn instead!)
Where is Squamish?
- 45 minutes north of Vancouver
- 45 minutes south of Whistler
- 0 meters above sea level
Why visit Squamish?
- Global top 10 windsurfing and kitesurfing destination.
- Rated by Mountain Bike Magazine as one of the world’s top 25 wildest and most exotic places to mountain bike. Also the trademark owner of the “Mountain Bike Capital of Canada”
- World class hiking, rock climbing, bird watching, fishing, backcountry skiing, and more.
Discover what's going on in Squamish
Activity and Event calendars
- Arc’teryx Climbing Academy celebrates climbing culture, where runners and climbers can gather, learn, and share their love of the mountains.
- Squamish Enduro showcases the best enduro race trails on earth, and is Canada’s largest enduro race.
- The Squamish 50 races, the 50 mile race boasts over 85% singletrack and 11,000 feet of climbing.
- The Haulback marathon XC mountain bike race highlights Squamish’s renowned trail network.
- RBC GranFondo is a stunning point-to-point cycling journey along the famous Sea to Sky Corridor.
Check some great local calendars out to see what is going on around town:
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