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C’est le début de la fin.

La neige de printemps a remplacé la Champagne Powder des mois de janvier et février.

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Intervention for the white stuff here

Anyone who’s taken the ferry from Vancouver to Victoria remembers the awe-striking natural beauty of the Strait of Georgia which separates Vancouver Island from the mainland. Whales protruding from a deep blue main, densely forested islands plunging into the sea and bald eagles flying overhead. It is without a doubt one of the most beautiful public transportation routes you can take in Canada.

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La première fois que j’ai traversé le Canada j’avais 21 ans. C’était le 2e été que je passais dans les Rocheuses Canadiennes. Depuis mon adolescence, je rêvais de travailler comme guide dans les montagnes. À la fin du printemps 2001, je fus engagée par le “Rocky Mountain Cadet Summer Training Center” comme instructeur et guide de canot de rivière. Ce fut le début de mon aventure, le début de mon rythme de vie. J’ai vite réalisé que pour être heureuse et satisfaite de mon temps sur cette planète je voulais Être plutôt que d’Avoir.

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I hate to disappoint some of you, but I did not complete the trail naked, eating twigs and berries. Here's the gear I used for my West Coast Trail fun.

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Read on about the gear Jean-Yves used on the West Coast Trail

My Experience

My West Coast Trail (WCT) experience started with as a rather impulsive decision. I had been in Victoria to spend a week sailing in with my friend in the gulf islands (an amazing experience where wildlife –whales, dolphins, seals, otters, bald eagles, wild deer etc… met awe-strikingly beautiful coastal landscapes). Since we’d been anchoring in bays and camping on random islands, I had most of my lightweight gear with me, but I had given up my early hopes to hike the trail for want of time –I had only four days between the planned return from sailing and my flight home. But when we sailed in to Victoria a day early, I quickly did the math and decided that I could do the trail in three days (probably a foolish conclusion), bought a bus ticket and hopped on the trail the next morning.

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Read more about Jean-Yves and the West Coast Trail

The Set-Up

Stretching 85 kilometers along the west coast of Vancouver Island, the West Coast Trail stands at the edge of the world. Snaking along the jagged contour of a hostile shore where the endless sea batters relentlessly the sharp rocks rising from its depth, this trail literally marks end of land and the western limit of the pangean coast. There are no roads crossing this trail, no village, no service station, just mile after mile of the jaw-dropping rugged beauty of the Pacific Rim National Park.

Originally dubbed the Dominion Life Saving Trail, it was first built in 1907 as a way for rescuers to reach survivors of the far-too-frequent shipwrecks of the treacherous western coast. Hundreds of people have been victimized in the countless wrecks that have marred this coast, the remains of some of which can still be seen from the trail. Today, satellite navigation and modern SAR has rendered the narrow trail obsolete as a lifesaving medium, and it has been recycled as one of Canada’s most beautiful national parks.

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Read more about Jean-Yves's overview of the West Coast Trail