A guide to walking in North America`s wild and beautiful British Columbia,
Canada. From the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific, British Columbia has 637
provincial parks, six national parks, wide regions of protected land and age-
old forests. The routes are a mix of longer mountain trails in true wilderness
and shorter walks.
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
Mt Revelstoke and Glacier national parks
the Kootenays
the BC Rockies.
**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