2025 Vancouver Island West Coast Trail

In 2024 Pearl and I had the Grand Canyon as our biggest adventure of the year. We don't know all the big adventures we will have in 2025 but one of them will be doing the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island.

At only 47 miles it might be easy to underestimate the difficulty but we will be timing tides, wading rivers, climbing long and steep ladders, using cable cars, following an irregular trail, and negotiating steep slopes and earth slumps. I expect 6 days on trail. The dates will not be locked down until we have permits and we won't put this trip too close to our Banff trip.

The permits and park fees will bring the cost of this adventure to about $300, and of course you need a Canadian passport.

*** The dates are TBD because we must get permits ***

We organize on Facebook/Facebook messenger, so you do not need to use Facebook, but you must be able to use Messenger. When you join a chat for an event, you will understand why.

YOU ARE NOT ACTUALLY ON THE "GOING" LIST UNTIL WE ADD YOU TO THE FACEBOOK CHAT!

Rules and expectations you should know:

• Liability Waiver - Before you RSVP to an event you must have signed our liability waiver at least once
• What are we here for?
• Events Refund Policy
• RSVP Courtesy - by attending a day hike you certify you agree with it
• Backpacking Trek Expectations - by attending a backpack you certify you agree with them
• Day Hike Expectations - by attending you certify you agree with them
• Most events are organized via Facebook Messenger. We don't care if you use Facebook but for most trips (including all overnight trips) you need Messenger to participate. If there is a Messenger chat for a trip, being added to the Messenger chat is the actual go list.
• Many of our trips use a waitlist. Please add yourself to it. Here are the best way to get to the go list!

Please sign the liability waiver above, if you haven’t already.
(It must be signed before you RSVP. You will not have the opportunity to sign at a trail head and we do not have paper copies. If you signed the liability waiver for a past event with this group, you don’t need to sign it again. Not participating with the waiver is grounds to be removed from the group.)