The Lions, Mountain peaks in North Shore Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

The Lions are twin peaks in the North Shore Mountains: West Lion at 1,646 m and East Lion at 1,606 m, joined by a ridge. They are made of hornblende diorite, the oldest plutonic rock on Canada's west coast. From a distance the two summits resemble lion heads, which gave them their name.

The first recorded ascent of the West Lion was on 11 August 1903 by British Columbia Mountaineering Club climbers Atwell King, George Martin and Arthur Tinniswood Dalton, who reached it after taking a steamship to Bowen Island and sailing to Howe Sound. An 1889 account describes Squamish Chief Joe Capilano guiding hunters who accidentally reached the summit, and a youth making the round trip in under 20 minutes. In 1903 John Latta and his two brothers climbed the East Lion without knowing how to use the rope they carried, gripping shrubs in the cracks.

The Squamish name the peaks Ch'ích'iyúy Elx̱wíḵn, "Twin Sisters". In one account, twin Haida brothers took twin Squamish sisters as wives; the sisters urged peace between the two peoples, and the Creator turned them into these mountains. The peaks also mark a peace treaty and family lineage histories, and the families of that treaty still live in both nations.

The Binkert Trail from Lions Bay gains 1,280 m over about four hours to reach the ridge between the peaks. The Howe Sound Crest Trail offers an alternative approach. Both summits require rock climbing equipment and expertise; the East Lion is out-of-bounds as it lies in the Greater Vancouver watershed.

The Lions are made of hornblende diorite, described in the sources as the oldest plutonic rock on Canada's west coast. The peaks' outline as two lion heads gave them their English name, proposed around 1890 by BC Supreme Court Justice John Hamilton Gray, who drew on heraldic lions couchant and the Trafalgar Square lions of Edwin Landseer.