The route is Canada’s longest hut-to-hut hiking ... on the Sunshine Coast Trail varied as much as the views: Spongy, cushioned pine-needle paths; rocky riverbeds; boardwalks; dusty trails ...

I was embarking on the 180-kilometre Sunshine Coast Trail, Canada’s longest hut ... I always straightened it for those coming after me. Through-hiking inevitably creates a hiker’s grapevine.