The Sunshine Coast Trail is a 178 Km (112 Mile) located on the Mainland coast of British Columbia. Estimated total elevation climb/descent is 3,500 meters or 11,400 feet. Average climb/hiking distance is 20 m/Km or 102 ft/mile.
The Sunshine Coast Trail Day 7
September 14, 2020 Daily Mileage 38 Km Total Mileage 178 Km I was up fairly early and on my way. Last night was particularly restless as one of the car campers had his generator running all night. White noise is good but generator noise is not white noise. The first piece of work was a…
The Sunshine Coast Trail Day 6
September 13, 2020 Daily Mileage 36 Km Total Mileage 140 Km I awoke to a landscape that was totally obliterated by smoke. Much as late yesterday had been, visibility was somewhere around fifty to a hundred meters. I was away early, so I had my headlamp on. It really accentuated the particles of ash in…
The Sunshine Coast Trail Day 5
September 12, 2020 Daily Mileage 24 Km Total Mileage 104 Km Today would involve one of two really noticeable climbs on the SCT. Having stared at it all last evening, it was time to climb Tinhat Mountain. This would involve a climb of about 1020 meters over 7.5 Km. I was away from camp uber…
The Sunshine Coast Trail Day 4
September 11, 2020 Daily Mileage 12 Km Total Mileage 80 Km Today was like a holiday embedded in the hike. Not much distance to hike and all day to hike it. After back tracking to the trail up to Confederation Lake, the big climb of the day started. I was a bit surprised when the…
The Sunshine Coast Trail Day 3
September 10, 2020 Daily Mileage 28 Km Total Mileage 68 Km After an Ok nights sleep (this was an odd trail sleepwise for me in that I never did fall into the pattern of deep sleeps), I was up at the asscrack of dawn and off down the trail. Today would be broken down into…
The Sunshine Coast Trail Day 2
September 9, 2020 Daily Mileage 28 Km Total Mileage 40 Km Having discovered yesterday that my hiking partner and I have totally different hiking styles (he being the rocket who likes his leisurely coffee in the morning vs myself being the sloth who likes to pack up and go within 15 minutes of opening my…
The Sunshine Coast Trail Day 1
September 8, 2020 Daily Mileage 12 Km Total Mileage 12 Km So, how did I end up on the Sunshine Coast Trail you may ask. Well, even if you did not ask, I am going to tell you. I had full intentions of returning to the PCT this summer to pick away at the remaining…
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