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Vancouver Island Trail

Regional route718 km · 446 miBest May–Sep

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Best time to hike

Best months: May–Sep · highs 10–14 °C (50–57 °F)

  1. J8°6°330
  2. F7°5°243
  3. M8°6°258
  4. A9°7°209
  5. M10°9°131
  6. J12°11°119
  7. J13°12°77
  8. A14°13°114
  9. S13°12°166
  10. O12°10°318
  11. N9°7°393
  12. D8°6°344

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

Trail facts

Mapped length
718 km · 446 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Best months
May–Sep
Country
Canada
Region
British Columbia
Continent
North America
Route type
Regional route
From / to
Anderson Hill, Oak Bay → Cape Scott
Route centre
49.6381, -125.8653
Route start
50.7825, -128.4267
OpenStreetMap
relation 12038457
Wikidata
Q7914213
Official info
vancouverislandtrail.ca/
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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