With its varied landscapes and particularly well-preserved parks, the American West Coast is an exciting playground for ...

Canada's most revered backpacking trail was born out of a ghastly misfortune ...

Alice starts her 50 mile journey in Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island.

Vancouver Island's West Coast Trail is challenging and spectacular. Here's what one backpacker wishes she'd known before hitting the trail.

The West Coast Trail, in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, winds for almost 50 miles from Port Renfrew in the south to Bamfield in the north. Most hikers head to Victoria, B.C., then make ...

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 ...

We faced 75km of demanding terrain that - if the official West Coast Trail booklet and compulsory induction briefing were to be believed - would test a fully equipped expeditionary force to the limit.

Sherry Winslow is fresh off the West Coast Trail. She describes the trail on the second half of this shorter episode, talking about the tides, the trees and the camping details.

Ever since I moved to British Columbia in the 1980s, I’ve wanted to hike the West Coast Trail in Pacific Rim National Park. The 75-kilometre route follows the exposed western coastline of ...

Parks Canada is warning hikers to take extra care navigating the West Coast Trail this year, after it took a serious beating from wild weather.

New Zealand’s most westerly cycle route is celebrating 10 years of operation and for businesses along the central West Coast, what a wild ride it’s been.

Alice continues along the Vancouver Island coastline to the terminus at Gordon River. Part 2 of the West Coast trail starts along the southern coastline of Vancouver Island and rejoins Alice as ...