The 47-mile West Coast Trail, a former lifesaving route located along Vancouver Island’s Pacific Ocean coastline, is listed among the most challenging multiday hikes in the world, a series of ladders, tidal beaches, rivers, and bush crossings. Over 4,500 miles away, the 209-mile East Coast Trail connects 25 paths through the Newfoundland wilderness beside the Atlantic Ocean. And the ECT is no slouch, requiring several scrambles that accompany blissful days upon the bluffs, beaches, and, like its western brethren, one stunning vista point after another.
