Capilano Suspension Bridge: Love Lights

I like to think of myself as a pretty direct person, so I actually told my fiance to plan a day activity for our Valentine’s Day this year. Where he ended up taking me was to the Capilano Suspension Bridge for an event they have called Love Lights.

Love Lights is their love-themed event, running from Feb 3 – 26, so you can still go after Valentine’s Day. The event boasts magical illuminated displays and park attractions, all included in your day pass.

Tickets cost $63 per adult (seniors, youth and children have lower rates) and you have to select a day and time upon booking. If you are a BC resident, you can turn your day pass into an annual pass membership and can return again throughout the year.

Here’s everything we did at Love Lights.

Story-telling and learning

Upon walking in, there are quite a few decorations. Some of these activities are here year-round, like the history/story of the suspension bridge and information about nature or wildlife. We didn’t spend too much time reading these displays, but they are there and can be very educational, especially with families or kids. They also have games and guides on weekends for families.

Suspension bridge

Of course, the main attraction is the actual suspension bridge, which is 137 metres (450 feet) long. The bridge is lit up in pink lights that kind of change colour between white/pink/red.

On the day we went, it was kind of rainy but it wasn’t slippery or anything on the bridge. The good part about that is there wasn’t a lot of people there due to the rain, so the bridge wasn’t very crowded and you could actually stop and take photos without there being a line up of people behind you trying to cross.

The bridge is actually quite fun and can get quite wobbly even though the rules are you cannot run or jump on the bridge. So it may be scary for those who are afraid of heights!

Kids cart

My eyes were attracted to the spin-the-wheel, but what you get is basically a Valentine’s card and a lollipop (lol I thought there would be prizes). Cute little thing and I actually haven’t seen these kinds of Valentine’s cards in a long time! Reminds me of elementary school when everybody was supposed to hand them out to each classmate. Anyways, it’s a cute little cart.

Light and displays

So on both sides of the area (pre-suspension bridge and after-suspension bridge), there are places to take photos. Most of it is after the suspension bridge actually for lights, but before the suspension bridge, there is a big LOVE sign and there are indigenous totem poles and art.

After the bridge, there are a few light attractions. The first is this “ball area” I will call it. I actually recognize this because I came to Capilano Suspension Bridge years ago for their Christmas event, and it had the same “ball area” lights so this display is not new, but still pretty. The only new addition is a heart they added.

Some other light displays are alongside the ridge walk, which actually brings you down lower in elevation to underneath the suspension bridge. Here the lights are more pink/red/purple.

My favourite light display is probably this cylinder/tube one that shows hearts (looks like powerpuff girls). I originally thought it was attached to a really tall tree but it is just in the air.

Tree walk

The coolest attraction (aside from the suspension bridge) for me would have to be the tree walk area. You go up a lot of stairs and get to walk at a much higher height to and from trees, like a little tree-house trail.

The little bridges between each tree-top are quite narrow but it wasn’t crowded the day I went so there were no issues. It is not as shaky as the long suspension bridge since it is much shorter.

Food & drinks and live entertainment

There are around 3 options to choose from for food. On both sides of the suspension bridge, they have these little waffle or pancake huts where you can order Valentine’s Day themed pancakes (they are pink) and coffee/beverages. We had dinner plans later that night so we didn’t try any of these sweets, but we did order a matcha latte. The worker actually recommended the pancakes over the waffles, if you have to choose.

There are small undercover areas for you to sit and eat, but we actually couldn’t find the restaurant and bar, where you can actually sit inside. After we were done walking all the attractions, we stopped at the cliff hut to order some mini donuts and a spiked apple cider. We said right outside the gift shop to listen to some live music.

Gift shop

There is also a gift shop where you can do some shopping for souvenirs, indigenous items, your good ol’ red Canadian plaid clothing, and a fudge bar and gelato area. They had this cute swing set right outside.

Final thoughts

Kelvin chose to take me here for Valentine’s Day because I made him plan something (HAHA) and also because he has never been to the Capilano Suspension Bridge himself. He also thought since I like to take photos and I am an Instagram girl, I would enjoy the lights and the photo opps. Alas, the rainy weather did not make it ideal for this activity, but luckily it wasn’t heavy rain and there were periods where we didn’t need umbrellas or hoods.

Since you have to select a date and time for your ticket, you kind of have to go rain or shine I suppose. They do provide free rain ponchos there, but I would recommend some waterproof shoes/boots or comfy shoes in general as most of the main attractions include stairs and walking. Also as a side note, Kelvin actually sprained his ankle a few days before we went so the stairs/walking was not ideal for him (why did he choose this activity? lol). The attractions are not very accessible if you have any walking challenges. Overall, we spent about 2 hours here including our time to eat the mini donuts and drink my apple cider.

He also chose his entrance time based on sunset, so that would be nice but the lights are definitely more beautiful when it becomes dark. But once it got dark, my photos got worse HAHA.

In terms of the actual lights and attractions, many of them are repeats from their other events (like the Christmas one I went to 5 years ago). Like look at these gnomes lol definitely from Christmas:

But hey, I get it this is a business and we try to optimize the things we have.

The lights are pretty cool, especially the tree walk ones and I love all the pink, but I do kind of think it is a one time thing because it’s not that different from other events they have throughout the season. This is why as we left, we didn’t change our day pass into an annual BC pass, which we could have done for free. If you do get the BC annual pass, you can basically come here again throughout the year for free so if you calculate it based on the price of admission, you would get more value out of it.

Sincerely, Loewe