West Coast Trail is the essential guide for hikers planning to backpack the legendary West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island, BC.
Plan every detail of your hike with all the essentials at your fingertips:
• Customize your trip with unique dates, direction (north/south), and campsites.
• Automatic tide calculations for tide-restricted beach sections using official Tofino charts, adjusted for Daylight Savings.
• Interactive map with points of interest, trail highlights, shipwrecks, water sources, and ladder locations (with rung counts).
• Daily summaries showing distances, ladders, and tides.
• Campsite satellite images and detailed trail descriptions.
• Sunrise and sunset times for your exact dates.
• Save multiple trip plans or explore options for a YOYO hike.
In-App Upgrade: PRO Pass
The PRO Pass is a single-year, non-renewing purchase that unlocks all trail features:
• Trail Access – use the app fully offline with no cell service; remains unlocked during your hiking dates.
• On-Trail Map - full screen immersive map for navigation on the trail with GPS locate
• Trail Weather – get precision forecasts for every major campsite.
A PRO Pass is valid for the year shown (e.g. a “2026 PRO Pass” is valid through December 31, 2026).
It’s not a subscription — it never auto-renews and doesn’t need to be cancelled.
Note: The PRO Pass is not a trail permit. A Parks Canada West Coast Trail Backcountry Use Permit is still required to hike.
Free Version
The free version is fully functional for trip planning and ad-free, but it locks during your actual hiking dates.
Upgrade to PRO to stay trail-ready and access all offline features.
Terms & Conditions:
https://www.westcoasttrail.app/terms
As a seasoned long-distance backpacker, I generally just care about my GPS location and the next water and campsite when I’m hiking—not so on this hike. On this trail, the descriptions and difficulty level (as well as the split into sections) were absolute gold. They were the main things we took into account when decision-making on a recent 5-day, 4-night thru-hike of the WCT. The ladder listings were so helpful for morale, and we used the tide suggestions constantly. The creator of this app really considered exactly what you need on this exact trail.Could we have easily finished in 5 days without this app? Maybe, but there would have been so many more unknowns and I doubt we could have planned our days so well. We loved reading the section descriptions for our next day at camp each night. And how else would we have understood what a donkey engine is without the option to define it within the app? They thought of absolutely everything! I’m from the US so I did have cell service on nearly every beach, but I never once needed to touch it for navigation and planning. I’m so thankful this was released just in time for our first time on the WCT.
Pro version is Essential piece of hiking greater
Sewsiggy
Upgrading to the Pro version of the West Coast Trail app was one of the best decisions we made for our trip. The extensive detail and the ability to use it offline were absolutely critical to our success on the trail. Having reliable, consolidated information at our fingertips—tides, weather, obstacles, and challenges—helped us plan confidently and stay safe. The added historical context was a wonderful bonus that made the journey even more meaningful. Highly recommend upgrading, and a huge thank you to the creator for building such a thoughtful and invaluable tool!
Detailed and user friendly
Sarahmishell
I wish every trail had an app this informative and well put together. Markers are accurate, tides are incorporated based on hiking dates, and it’s easy to plan your entire trip by using this app alone. I love the added features like the menu for the mid-trek crab shack, and details like the number of ladders in a forest section, or tips for good spots to set a tent. Full of helpful features and each improvement makes it better and better. Highly recommend!
Extremely useful!
Jared0419
I’m very glad that I had this app and paid the $20 for offline access. It was an extremely useful resource while on the trail. I would read about the next day before I went to bed each night and it thoroughly prepared me for what was ahead. Having the tide schedule as well as sunrise/sunset was super handy.Props to the author of this app. Clearly a lot of love went into this and they must have a deep passion for the WCT!
Bug fixes:
- Improved discoverability of YOYO trip settings
- Fix bug with Feedback Dialog cropping Submit button on some devices
- Add sunrise/sunset times to Tide Graph
- Fix a bug with itineraries shared via URL not deep-linking to the App correctly
