West Coast Trail is the essential guide for hikers planning to backpack the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island, BC. It offers a comprehensive set of features to enhance your hiking experience. Users can customize their trip by setting up unique dates and camps, ensuring a personalized adventure. The app automatically calculates critical tide times using Tofino tide charts, adjusted for Daylight Savings, for beach sections with tide restrictions.

Additionally, the interactive map feature enables users to explore points of interest and trail highlights, with the trail dynamically adjusting based on the chosen trip direction. The app provides information on ladder locations, rung count, trail descriptions, shipwreck details, water sources, campsite satellite images, daily summaries of distances, tides, and ladders, as well as sunrise and sunset times. Notably, the app functions offline, displaying GPS location on the official map for added convenience. For enhanced features like offline support, GPS access, and trail weather, users can opt for one of the paid upgrade plans.