Accommodation
Vancouver Island
Strathcona Park campgrounds, the island hostels, and the Vancouver Island Section hut.
A ferry away from everything else here, and worth the crossing for Strathcona. Campgrounds book through BC Parks.
Campgrounds — BC Parks
- Strathcona Park — Buttle Lake and Ralph River, the two serviced campgrounds, plus backcountry camping on the Forbidden Plateau
- Elk Falls — just outside Campbell River, handy for a late arrival
- Pacific Rim National Park Reserve — Green Point, on the west coast at Tofino
Hostels
- HI Cumberland — in the Comox Valley, closest to Strathcona
- HI Tofino — on the west coast
Alpine Club of Canada huts
Huts book through the Alpine Club of Canada on a rolling window — six months ahead for members, three for everyone else.
- Hišimy̓awiƛ — the Vancouver Island Section hut, on the Forbidden Plateau in Strathcona Park