Why Your West Coast Trail Packing List Needs a Spreadsheet

A hiker sitting at a wooden table in winter, using a laptop, a smartphone, and an official Parks Canada paper map to calculate a West Coast Trail packing list.

There is a profound difference between the West Coast Trail you imagine from your living room and the trail you actually experience on a slick, near-vertical ladder with a massive backpack threatening to rip you backward. You need a West Coast Trail packing list. When I was researching 55 Pounds of Regret, I realized that … Read more