{"id":21767,"date":"2010-02-03T16:31:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T23:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2016-09-13T19:14:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T16:14:41","slug":"hiking-near-ucluelet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/hiking-near-ucluelet\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Near Ucluelet"},"content":{"rendered":"

I checked out of the hostel this morning and headed to nearby Ucluelet to hike the Wild Pacific Trail. Here’s a map that shows the Tofino and Ucluelet peninsulas well, including some of the hiking stops I made on my trip:<\/p>\n

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There was nothing else to do in Ucluelet, and this was confirmed by the visitors’ centre. The detour wasn’t a waste of time, however, seeing as the Wild Pacific Trail was one of the most beautiful trails I have ever seen! It takes you through rain forest and along the water front, past gorgeous beaches and rocky shore. The contrasts in landscapes were inspiring.<\/p>\n

The trail is an easy 2.5km loop that I think could be considered ‘accessible’ as it is entirely on a gravel path. There are some steep uphill and downhill sections, but I’d consider the trail a ‘stroll’ rather than a ‘hike.’<\/p>\n

I headed home around noon and pulled in around 3, driving straight through. It’s been a great weekend!<\/p>\n

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Remains of a plank road; people actually drove vehicles on these!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Remains of a plank road; people actually drove vehicles on these!<\/p><\/div>\n

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anyone could just walk through the big hole?<\/p><\/div>\n

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this has got to be the most gorgeous beach I have ever seen!<\/p><\/div>\n

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more remains of a plank road<\/p><\/div>\n

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my car next to a palm tree \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

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The tiny Ucluelet Aquarium (opening for the summer season on March 6)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Overkill computer system for guests to check their email at the Ucluelet Visitors’ Centre.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I checked out of the hostel this morning and headed to nearby Ucluelet to hike the Wild Pacific Trail. Here’s a map that shows the Tofino and Ucluelet peninsulas well, including some of the hiking stops I made on my trip: There was nothing else to do in Ucluelet, and this was confirmed by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1442,1085,632,635,5,1395,3],"tags":[731,654,624,802],"class_list":["post-21767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britishcolumbia","category-campbell-river-vancouver-island-bc-canada-travel-bc-canada-travel","category-canada","category-north-america","category-rving","category-tofino-ucluelet","category-travel","tag-beaches","tag-hiking","tag-lighthouses","tag-parksgardens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}