Full Description
A guide to walking in North America's wild and beautiful British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia is vast, four times the size of the UK, with only 3.5 million people, most of them in Vancouver. From the heights of the Canadian Rockies to the awesome Pacific coast, it contains a wide range of peoples, terrain and opportunities for real exploration. The Canadian wilderness gives meaning to the words pristine and rugged. With 637 provincial parks, six national parks, wide regions of protected land and age-old forests, wild mountain rivers, grizzly bears and sockeye salmon, British Columbia is a paradise for the outdoor enthusiast. The weather is mild on the coast, more extreme in the mountains and BC even has a desert. The trails in this guide balance coastal and mountain regions. In an area so vast, they can only offer a taste of what British Columbia has to offer. There is a selection of shorter walks of great scenic beauty, many introducing the walker into regions dominated by native (First Nations) culture. These are balanced by harder mountain trails, including many multi-day expeditions, which take the walker far into the wild and offer great challenges. Areas covered include: Vancouver Island; Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands); Whistler and Squamish; Manning Provincial Park; Stein Valley Nlaka'Pamux National Park; Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks; the Kootenays and the BC Rockies.
Contents
VANCOUVER ISLAND Juan de Fuca Provincial Park Trail 1 - Juan de Fuca Marine Trail East Sooke Regional Park Trail 2 - East Sooke Coast Trail Strathcona Park Trail 3 - Della Falls Trail Pacific Rim National Park Trail 4 - West Coast Trail Trail 5 - Wickaninnish Trail Trail 6 - Schooner Trail Trail 7 - Willowbrae Trail Flores Island Trail 8 - The Ahousaht Wild Side Heritage Trail Cape Scott Provincial Park Trail 9 - Cape Scott Trail HAIDI GWAII (THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS) Trail 10 - Spirit Lake Trail Trail 11 - Sleeping Beauty Trail 12 - Riley Creek and Rennell Sound Naikoon Provincial Park Trail 13 - Pesuta Trail Trail 14 - East Beach: Tlell River to Rose Spit Trail 15 - Tow Hill/Blow Hole Trail 16 - Cape Fife Trail Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve/Haida Heritage Site WHISTLER AND SQUAMISH Trail 17 - Stawamus Chief Trail 18 - Black Tusk/Garibaldi Lake Trail 19 - Brandywine Falls Trail 20 - Shadow Lake Trail 21 - Nairn Falls MANNING PROVINCIAL PARK Trail 22 - Heather Trail (to First Brother) Trail 23 - Skyline 1 Trail Trail 24 - Pacific Crest Trail/Castle Creek/ Monument 78 Loop Trail 25 - Lightning Lake Loop STEIN VALLEY NLAKA'PAMUX HERITAGE PARK Trail 26 - Lower Stein Valley MOUNT REVELSTOKE AND GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS Mount Revelstoke National Park Trail 27 - Summit Trail Trail 28 - Eva Lake Trail Trail 29 - Jade Lakes Trail Trail 30 - Giant Cedars Trail Glacier National Park Trail 31 - Asulkan Valley Trail Trail 32 - Glacier Crest Trail Trail 33 - Avalanche Crest Trail Trail 34 - Abbott Ridge Trail 35 - Hermit Trail THE KOOTENAYS Trail 36 - Pulpit Rock Hike Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park Trail 37 - Gibson Lake to Slocan Chief Cabin Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Trail 38 - Earl Grey Pass Trail Trail 39 - Lake of the Hanging Glacier Recreation Trail BC ROCKIES Kootenay National Park Trail 40 - Rockwall Trail Trail 41 - Kaufmann Lake Trail Trail 42 - Stanley Glacier Trail Trail 43 - Paint Pots Yoho National Park Trail 44 - Iceline Trail Trail 45 - Emerald Lake Circuit Trail 46 - Yoho Glacier Moraine Trail 47 - Yoho Pass Trail 48 - Hoodoo Trail Mount Robson Provincial Park Trail 49 - Berg Lake Trail Trail 50 - Mount Fitzwilliam Trail
