The Capilano Suspension Bridge is the long pedestrian footbridge — 137 metres long, 70 metres above the Capilano River canyon — that swings between the cliffs of a temperate-rainforest gorge a few minutes north of the city. It is the single most visited attraction in metropolitan Vancouver, comfortably busier than anything in the downtown core, and the price reflects it: adult tickets are around C$70 at peak season.
What you get for the money: the bridge itself; the Treetops Adventure (a network of platforms 30 metres up in the Douglas firs and Western red cedars); the Cliffwalk (a glass-floored cantilevered walkway along the canyon wall); a small First Nations totem pole collection; and a couple of indoor exhibits on the rainforest and the local Squamish history. The whole place takes about three hours to do properly.
It is unavoidably crowded in summer — the bridge can hold 1,300 people at once and often does. Visit at opening time (9:00) or in the last two hours of the day to avoid the worst. A free shuttle runs from downtown Vancouver and Canada Place during the high season.