The second day of our mini holiday Kat and I came here after watching the salmon again. We parked at the bottom of an empty trailhead car park and neither of us had done much research about what we were getting into. The whole trail is 22km one way and we only had the afternoon … Continue reading #30 Alberni Inlet trail →

My friend Kat and I had a wonderful little holiday out here near Port Alberni and were amazed with the wildlife we saw- the salmon run meant we saw leaping fish, otters and eagles eating the salmon and some blustering bears... We started out in the heat of the day for this very warm walk … Continue reading #29 Long River trail- Stamp River →

I've been wanting to do this walk for a while and people were always going when i was at work. I finally managed to go on Tuesday with my friend and her neighbours dog. It's an unmaintained trail that Parks Canada do not advise use of- but it's really fun. A very steep climb down … Continue reading #28 Radar Beaches →

A short hour or so up and down but a fun and steep climb on this one! I set out after work as i'd been feeling frustrated and in need of a little mission and this was perfect. A muddy climb over roots and rocks leading up and up to a section with a rope … Continue reading 27# Cox Bay Lookout →

This wonderful little jaunt away from tourist filled Tofino was a god send. My friend Shea and I got a water taxi to the east side of Vargas island and were dropped off on a pebbly shore where we quickly found the trail head to walk across to Ahous Bay. The trail is about 3km … Continue reading 26# Vargas Island →

I'm hobbling around my house this morning after this steep foray. This one felt like an achievement as it had been on my list since I arrived in Tofino. I had a busy couple of days at work finishing at 9pm Tuesday night then back in at 6.30am Wednesday morning. Straight after finishing on Wednesday … Continue reading 25- Lone Cone →

I've been wanting to do this beauty of a coastal walk down in Ucluelet for a while, and have previously done the lighthouse loop with a friend on a sunshiney glorious day, but never the rest of the trail. The sun came out for me again for this day and I had a good stomp … Continue reading 24- Wild Pacific Trail →

The rain just about held off for this walk mostly. We were a bit confused as we'd heard that it was about a four hour walk but as we read up more on it we learned it was about 6 hours one way and was an out and back trail. I decided i'd got about … Continue reading 23- Elk River Trail, Strathcona →

Lots of little gems all lumped together in one post. These were all a couple of KM or less long but were lovely little nature walks with lots of waterfalls involved. We visited Elk Falls on the way out of Campbell River as we drove towards Buttle Lake and had a toddle over the scary … Continue reading 22- Elk Falls, Lady Falls, Wild Ginger trail, Lupin Falls, Canyon View trail →

This turned into slightly more of an energy sapping mission than we'd expected. We left our tents etc set up at Lake Helen so felt light and free as we left the campsite with just our day packs. We set off for Kwai Lake via Cocteau Lake and soon found ourselves walking on big patches … Continue reading 21- Kwai Lake loop →