Hikers scramble for alternatives after damage shuts B.C.’s popular Juan de Fuca Trail

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Hikers scramble for alternatives after damage shuts B.C.'s popular Juan de Fuca Trail

Trish Fougner still remembers the taste of the beer she enjoyed after completing the 47-kilometre Juan de Fuca Trail on Vancouver Island two years ago. “Like I had never had a beer in my life, which is not true,” Fougner said. But now the resident of Victoria is among hikers with a sour taste in […]

B.C.'s popular Juan de Fuca Trail closed all summer due to 'extensive' storm damage

Day-use and backcountry areas will remain open at Mystic, East Sombrio, Botanical and China Beach

Hikers scramble for alternatives after damage shuts B.C.’s popular Juan de Fuca Trail

Trish Fougner still remembers the taste of the beer she enjoyed after completing the 47-kilometre Juan de Fuca Trail on Vancouver Island two years ago. “Like I had never had a beer in my life, which is not true,” Fougner said. But now the resident of Victoria is among hikers with a sour taste in their mouth after the British Columbia government announced that the trail, one of Canada’s most popular wilderness hikes, would be closed for the summe…

Hikers scramble for alternatives after damage shuts B.C.'s popular Juan de Fuca Trail – Energeticcity.ca

Trish Fougner still remembers the taste of the beer she enjoyed after completing the 47-kilometre Juan de Fuca Trail on Vancouver Island two years ago. “Like I had never had a beer in my life, which is not true,” Fougner said. But now the resident of Victoria is among hikers with a sour taste in their mouth after the British Columbia government announced that the trail, one of Canada’s most popular wilderness hikes, would be closed for the summe…