This week’s rescue of a student who fell on a school hike on the Juan de Fuca Trail and had to be carried out on a stretcher for about four hours is a reminder of the trail’s dangers, says a search and rescue co-ordinator.
“Metchosin helps us a lot,” she said. “When we need extra people, they’re always at the ready for us.” It’s also shorter than the West Coast Trail — 47 kilometres long, versus 75 for the West Coast Trail. “It’s got a lot of tripping hazards, a lot of steep sections, there’s roots on the steep sections,” she said. “I think even if you have all the right gear and you’re fit, things can happen. That’s just the nature of it.”
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