West Coast Trail Express

The wind's died down and the sun is out! This summer visit us at the Craig Street Market in Parksville every Tuesday from 6-9pm until August 20th.

Sometimes work is really awesome. From today.
Cheewhat Giant, near Nitinaht. Thank you...

Trip to Pachena Bay today to put the parking signs back up. Making sure radio channels haven't changed on the logging roads. Gravel in the usual condition 😀

Picked up a group in Tofino early this morning. Pictures on Long Beach, a little after midnight, last night. Had the whole place to myself :)

Virginia and I spent a night at the ACC cabin on 5040 this week. Made it 8.7 kms up the road before we started walking. Weather gave us a little of everything.

Took off my bus hat for the day. Helped out in the Fuel your Feat kitchen. My first time peeling and cutting 25 lbs of potatoes 🥔 Making Veggie Shepherds Pie!
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Order meals online through their website and enter your West Coast Trail Express confirmation number at the checkout to pick up your order either on the bus or in Victoria at our head office beforehand.

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Great hike up the Judges Route on Mt Arrowsmith a couple weeks ago.

Beautiful day in Bamfield today.

If anyone is hoping to book seats with us over the next few days, please call the office. This is the first time in the 15 years I've been doing this, that all our buses are broken without a quick fix. We will operate with 3 vans over the next few days, online reservations closed off until Tuesday August 15. We may not be full, please call the office for availability. The gravel roads, with way more traffic this year due to the Hwy 4 detour, have finally beaten us.

Newly relocated visitor centre in Port Renfrew can now be found at the gas station as you enter town. Free wifi and a space to wait for the tow truck, if you happen to be doing such a thing 😞

We will let everyone know if the fires/road closures/detours cause any significant delays. Other than increased traffic on half of the gravel roads we travel, there are no issues.
Have fun out there folks.

Latest update as of right now, Highway 4 between Coombs and Port Alberni closed due to fire until Friday.

My apologies folks. A challenge on our website this morning has been corrected. Bookings can be made online or by calling the office. All the best.

New for 2023, we will now be operating every day between May 1 and September 30. Looking forward to seeing you out there.

Another day done. Sleep well folks.

My apologies for the phone and email silence over the past few days, if you have been trying to reach us. My son and I made time to spend three days at Cape Scott. Other than frozen water bottles in the morning, the weather could not have been better.
Next stop West Coast Trail...

Had one of the buses out for a test run on the gravel this morning. Time to get the vehicles ready for another season. Looking forward to seeing you out there.

Please be aware that the construction at the top of the hill into Renfrew, at 8:30am, could possibly make us over an hour late arriving into Gordon River for our 9:15 AM departure. Apparently the construction team is advertising this over the next 3 days. Sorry folks. We will be late all summer due to early morning construction delays. Next 3 days will be worse.

New graphics on our buses. Every Child Matters!

Taking a ride on Wilsons Transportation's new electric bus. I want one.

In Gordon River yesterday. This is the new and improved Bannock etc food stand directly across the road from the trailhead office and Pacheedaht Campground office. I'll be a customer this year.

Today on the Parks Canada website for West Coast Trail, it identifies that bookings for May through September 2021 will open at 8AM on April 7! This is a new notice. Looks like we may have a season!!