Difficulty: Intermediate
Estimated Time: 2 hours
Round Trip: 5km
Elevation Gain: 100m
Season: April-October
Car Travelling Time from Vancouver: 1h 25 minutes
Public Transit: No
Credits: https://www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/brohm-lake/
Along the stunning Sea to Sky Highway, Brohm Lake Interpretive Forest is located just north of Squamish, BC. This was in a lush forest, and the region has various trails that circle the lake, climb up to viewpoints overlooking the Cheakamus River, and even access the Paradise Valley area. This was definitely a really quiet and peaceful trail in the forest, I’d recommend it to avoid large crowds.
From the main parking lot, you can complete a counter-clockwise loop around the lake and take the longer route around the High Trail and Cheakamus Loop Trail before returning back via the wooden bridge.
After crossing several wooden bridges, you will reach a marker with the Brohm Creek Trail. As of 2012, the trail is accessible, however the Powerline Trail shown on maps in the area is heavily overgrown and too difficult to use. Go left at the junction and a short distance later, you reach the junction with the Thompson Trail. The Thompson Trail is a steep route that connects to the Paradise Valley area. Go left at this junction and continue walking around the Brohm Lake trail.
The route continues traipsing through the forest, offering occasional glimpses of the lake before reaching a junction with the Connector Trail.
Back on the main trail, walk along the High Trail as it curves and drops down a few steps before passing through a somewhat overgrown area and reaching an old logging road. This marks the start of the Cheakamus Loop Trail to the right (note: if you want a shorter route, following the old logging road will connect you to the end of the Cheakamus Loop Trail). Along the Cheakamus Loop, the trail passes a picnic table, just off the trail in a clearing, before climbing quickly and passing several viewpoints overlooking the Squamish Valley and Tantalus Mountain Range. Continue following the well marked path, enjoying the quiet forest and all of the moss covered trees, before heading downhill and eventually rejoining the old logging road at a point further east.
Follow the High trail as it gradually ascends out of the overgrown section and back into the forest before reaching a 3-way junction. At the junction, go right and just a few hundred meters, continue to the left passing the Alder Trail junction as you head back towards Brohm Lake.
After crossing the bridge, go left and walk along the gravel trail next to the highway, taking in one last view of the lake on top of a rocky bluff, before returning to the parking lot.