First, the trail's length is misleading as it doesn't take into account the thousands of zig-zags along the route. Trail Head Coordinates 1: 48.792805, -125.115220. Added to that you occasionally get a glimpse of history that carries you back in time. This is for two wonderful, spectacular and telling reasons.

Both left and right as well as up and down.

This is not an easy trail; many times I caught myself comparing myself to Frodo. I think that the section from Camper Bay to Thrasher Cove is what gives the WCT its reputation as being an incredibly difficult trail. The difficulty of the trail, variety of terrain, the views, the campsites and the people I went with, and met along the way made the whole thing worth it.

The West Coast Trail is a perfect combination of brutal difficulty, spectacular wildness and stunning natural beauty. At 75 kilometres it is far from the longest trail on the continent but what it lacks in distance it more than makes up for in difficulty and thus requires careful preparation. First, the trail's length is misleading as it doesn't take into account the thousands of zig-zags along the route.
The West Coast Trail's difficulty can be measured by its relatively short length of 75 kilometres yet it takes 5-7 days to complete.

Which is why the Medevac is a life-saving service worked by incredible humans. This is for two wonderful, spectacular and telling reasons. There are also 5 cable cars on the trail, though some of them are pretty easy to skip. I had ALWAYS wanted to do the West Coast Trail (WCT) ever since I heard of it years and years ago and it had always been on the bucket-list… sitting there staring at me.

Both left and right as well as up and down. Level of difficulty: Good trails and not too steep, ... South West Coast Path National Trail. And if you go in with a crap attitude, pessimism towards the elements, or lack of belief in yourself, well then you’re done before you even start! A piece of a shipwreck along the beach or a massive anchor left 150 years ago after the ship it came from succumbed to the

Oct 5, 2016 - The West Coast Trail difficulty is high.

The 75km might kill you or at least try to. The trail does have a lot of ladders to go up and down, but I think their difficulty is a little overstated. This blog covers plan B. The West Coast Trail's difficulty can be measured by its relatively short length of 75 kilometres yet it takes 5-7 days to complete. Trail Head Coordinates 2: 48.578888, -124.409327 Thanks to advances in navigation technology, this trail was later made redundant and became a recreational-use trail in 1973, known as the West Coast Trail. Location: Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island. The West Coast Trail difficulty is hugely mental.