Haida Gwaii hiking, walking, backpacking trails
British Columbia, Canada. (Queen Charlotte Islands)

Hiking and Walking Trails located throughout the Queen Charlotte Islands Archipelago range from easy to difficult, short to long and dry to wet. The changing island seasons, your hiking experience, fitness level and wilderness survival savvy play a big part in the Haida Gwaii hiking experience and your choice of trail.

Both Graham and Moresby Island have many quality walks and hikes available. A good variety of island trails include trekking through mud, side-steeping over roots, navigating around deadfall, walking along raised boardwalk, crossing over wooden bridges, looking down from rocky cliffs, encountering wildlife and following sandy beaches for miles.

Shorter walks range from 15 minutes to 7 hours. Some like Misty Meadows and Tow Hill Trail are short and easy grade walking trails which offer beautiful coastline scenery. Some like, North Beach and Agate Beach are short beach walks but are also enjoyed during the storm season so to capture the monster waves crashing the shores and the high winds throwing logs in the air.

Most of the Queen Charlotte Islands longer hikes involve wilderness camping and take 2 - 6 days to complete. The longer hikes require planning and a good knowledge of tides and weather patterns. Equipment should be prime and navigation abilities sharp. Longer hikes like the East Beach Trail follow private massive sandy beaches or, take the Cape Fife Trail which leads to rocky cliff viewpoints and more sandy beaches. Year round, anything goes - short and long hikes both rock.