Sunshine Coast Trail – qathet

The Sunshine Coast Trail is a hut-to-hut hiking route of roughly 180 km in the qathet region.
It runs from Sarah Point on Desolation Sound in the north to the BC Ferries terminal at Saltery Bay on Jervis Inlet in the south, and is billed as the longest hut-to-hut trail in Canada.

Trail facts

Completed in 2000, with hut construction starting in 2009.
16 public huts as of 2021. Volunteer groups including the qathet Parks and Wilderness Society maintain 14 of them, and they are free to use. BC Parks manages the other two, which charge a small fee.
The highest point is Mount Troubridge at 1,304 m.
The route crosses temperate rainforest, mountains, coastline, lakes and rivers.
Several access points make shorter day hikes and overnight trips possible.

Before you go

Trail length figures vary between sources, and conditions, hut rules and fees can change.
Check with the trail maintainers and BC Parks for current information.
Sunshine Coast Shuttle is reported to offer transport to trailheads.
Start your trip planning on the getting here page.