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Stretching from Port Renfrew to Bamfield on the southwestern rim of Vancouver Island is the best hike on the planet, says Rick McCharles, who has completed the West Coast Trail four times.

From Vancouver, BC Ferries (250-386-3431 ... and Wayne Aitken, includes maps, tips and a mile-by-mile description of what to expect along the West Coast Trail. "Hiking on the Edge" (Raincoast ...

Cragun Foulger had long dreamed of hiking the West Coast Trail, the rugged 75-kilometre hike along the west coast of Vancouver Island that is considered a bucket-list trip for hikers and ...

The West Coast Trail took a serious beating from wild weather this winter — with Parks Canada warning hikers to take extra care navigating the famed hiking route in Pacific Rim National Park ...

The West Coast Trail is one of the most sublime — and sometimes muddiest — long-distance hikes in North America, a rugged 46-mile trail that stretches along the wild Pacific coast of Vancouver ...

Hikers on the West Coast Trail: Monique Nytol and her husband, Peter, began offering food and beverage to grateful trekkers 25 years ago at Chez Monique, roughly midway on the trailJosh McCulloch ...

Chris Jarvis was one of the first of the season to tackle the gruelling West Coast Trail this week. But while others slowly pushed their way up steep ladders and over sticky mud and foot-sucking sand ...