Garibaldi Provincial Park is located between Squamish and Whistler, almost a two hour drive outside of Vancouver. We booked a rental car for the day and left the city early that morning.

The hike up to Garibaldi Lake is tiring. The first six kilometers leads uphill on a winding, well trampled out path through the forest. We were only a kilometer in and I was already peeling off layers of clothing. After the steady climb we reached a fork in the road, and turned off towards Taylor Meadows. We heard it was beautiful but it was a little late in the season to catch the flora in full bloom.