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West Coast Trail – The 75km/48 mile hike in Vancouver Island (2021)

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Post by freefal »

I did this hike with some friends years ago. It can be wet, but it's a beautiful hike. You can camp on the beach and make fires every night. I highly recommend it if you're looking for a through hike with lots of terrain you can't access except by foot.

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Post by justusthane »

Good write up, and I'm impressed by his preparations for a first-time backpacker - especially his food dehydration. Most people, especially newbies, will just buy prepackaged meals.

Although I had to laugh at his "green sand"[1] — beach glass?

[1]: https://static-images-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog-21...

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Post by skrueger »

freefal wrote: post #2

I did this hike with some friends years ago. It can be wet, but it's a beautiful hike. You can camp on the beach and make fires every night. I highly recommend it if you're looking for a through hike with lots of terrain you can't access except by foot.

RE: wet trail. I agree. I did part of the hike in 2017 and some parts of the trail were a total mud slide. I enjoy my memories from that hike.

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Post by zxexz »

justusthane wrote: post #4

Good write up, and I'm impressed by his preparations for a first-time backpacker - especially his food dehydration. Most people, especially newbies, will just buy prepackaged meals. Although I had to laugh at his "green sand"[1] — beach glass? [1]: https://static-images-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog-21...

Yeah, I’ve done quite a bit of hiking and backpacking. Only got into preparing my own dehydrated meals in the last year or so, before that it was always a combination of wet food and some prepackaged meals. I’m definitely impressed with the author of this article.
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