If you’re up for a bigger adventure, you can connect the Juan de Fuca Trail with the West Coast Trail (you’ll need to do the WCT first, due to reservation requirements), and I met a few trekkers that had started on the WCT and then continued because of the sheer beauty of it. Like most west coast trails, this is in the rainforest and can be very muddy. It is not uncommon to view sea lions, bald eagles, herons and other wildlife (I saw a black bear, along with many sea lions and eagles).
Panoramic views of the coastline, Juan de Fuca Strait and the Olympic Mountains can be seen from many points along this rainforest trail. Located within Juan de Fuca Provincial Park along the southwestern coast of Vancouver Island, the trail stretches from China Beach (35 km west of Sooke) to Botanical Beach (just outside Port Renfrew), and runners or hikers can park on one side of the route and take the bus back to the other I caught a bus from Victoria to Port Renfrew to start my trek. Photo: Instagram: Saif Akkad The Juan de Fuca Marine Trail is a rugged 47 km journey packed with breathtaking ocean views, ankle-challenging rock scrambles and a continuously rolling trail (I noticed only one flat section of trail–prepare for lots of climbing and descending). Frank describes the landscape as “beautiful and relentless,” with La Cloche’s “characteristic mix of granite slab and deep forest.”įrank adds: “There are sudden and relentless transitions between steep ascents and descents on generally very rocky, rooted singletrack, and the mental concentration required to move quickly on such terrain proved to be the real crux of the day.” Would he do it again? “One hundred per cent,” he says. If you’re doing this in one single push, expect a day of 15 hours or more. Photo: Ethan FrankĬalgary-based athlete Ethan Frank ran the trail from west to east in September 2021. Note that the trail is nearly a loop, but actually a point-to-point route between the east and west trailheads, on either side of George Lake. Expect to see wildlife: black bear, moose, deer, snakes, turtles, beaver and more. The trail is named for Group of Seven painter Franklin Carmichael ‘s masterpiece, La Cloche Silhouette. Photo: Facebook/Rugged La Cloche Silhouette Trail La Cloche Silhouette Trail is a 78 km running/hiking loop over and through the rugged quartzite peaks of the La Cloche mountain range in Ontario’s Killarney Provincial Park.
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