10/28/2024
Vancouver Island BC Hiking
Juan de Fuca Trail 5-day Basecamp Hiking Tour
The Juan de Fuca Trail 🇨🇦 was completed in 1996 as an extension of the West Coast Trail experience in commemoration of the 1994 Commonwealth Games 🥇🥈🥉. It was intended to be a bit shorter and less strenuous than the West Coast Trail, but over the years, it has worn itself into a strenuous journey 👊. We have been guiding the Juan de Fuca Trail since 1998☝️. The Juan de Fuca Trail is accessible by highway all along its route via access trails. This trail is less exposed than the West Coast Trail, so the terrain is a little less varied, but that is hardly noticeable. The beaches and forest 🌲are still truly magnificent.
The end of the trail, Botanical Beach near Port Renfrew, is famous for its tide pools 👣. The abundance of Pacific sea life 🦀 is available for viewing in this very large tide pool area. The large beach in the middle of the trail, Sombrio Beach, is a beach shared with surfers 🏄♀️, which can be very entertaining to watch while kicking back at the end of a day's hike 🍺. This beach also has a distinct history 👨🏫. It was a squatter's community for many years until it was made into a provincial park. The eastern half of the trail is the most strenuous, but not the most difficult. The strenuousness of the eastern end is rewarded with some really incredible beaches and coastal views. This base camp tour is designed to minimize the strenuousness so you can enjoy the scenery with less effort
HIKING DAYS: 4.5 | TRAVEL DAYS: 0.5 | RATING: Moderate to Strenuous
https://coastalbliss.ca/Hiking-Juan_de_Fuca_Base.shtml
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