Lake Superior Coast Trail - Ontario, Canada

We hiked the lake superior trail at the lake superior provincial park in August of 2020.

[@bser2293]

What a beautiful video. It looked tough but beautiful. Thank you for sharing your adventure.

[@ripplesandleaves]

Thank you so much for sharing your adventures! What beautiful video, and both inspiring and nerve wracking to consider hiking it.

[@uniquemetal]

Thank you for this. I use to go camping along Lake Superior. I live in Oxford England now. I miss it very much.

[@WorldT]

what a fantastic adventure. thanks for showing this, now I know what to expect on this trail as I plan to do it in the future

[@susanaffholter9882]

I am visiting the park right now. You've captured it beautifully. I appreciated you having to having to go back and pick up your camera equipment over some of that rough terrain!!

[@kaferinelol]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@mulmurmacg3767]

Excellent video. Very well done!

[@KUEHLKUEST]

Thanks so much for the great vid! Well done! We are backpacking the SCT last week in June and wanting to do it 4 nights 5 days...any suggestions? Would you have changed any of your camping sites? Cheers Colleen and Jonny

[@kaferinelol]

Thanks! That’s a totally doable itinerary if the weather is good. If it rains you may need more time. I don’t think we would’ve changed our campsites looking back. But all the campsites on SCT are absolutely beautiful.

[@ekjourneys8385]

Awesome video, does a great job describing the difficulty of the trail. Have you guys done La Cloche yet? If so, how would you compare the two? Also I'm curious as to how heavy your packs were, they look massive! I'm hopeful to head to LSCT in late April, early May - should be an adventure!!

[@kaferinelol]

Thanks! We actually booked La Cloche for this upcoming spring, but I've heard the two hikes are comparable with LSCT being on the more difficult side. Our packs were around 30-35lbs. We carried a lot of camera equipment with us so it made it heavier than usual. Have fun on your trip and you will definitely enjoy the views and campsites!

[@ekjourneys8385]

@@kaferinelol Hahaha, that's crazy, we usually keep our packs below 30lbs if possible! Enjoy your hike - it's a beast of a trail! If you'd like any info feel free to reach out. We did La Cloche 2 years ago (first week of May), resulted in quite the misadventure, including a helicopter rescue and beautiful solitude. Sadly, I think La Cloche will be a lot busier this year. The production value on your video is top notch. Well worth the extra weight (for us viewers, haha!!). You'll absolutely love La Cloche, how many days are you budgeting for the loop?

[@kaferinelol]

@@ekjourneys8385 that sounded like quite the adventure but I’m glad you’re alright, although I’m curious what happened. Any tips for the trail? we are doing it in 5 days and 4 nights. I’d like to spend one more night but like you said, the bookings were impossible this year! We had to book it in June too so I’m a little wary about the bugs lol.

[@takeitoutside9941]

what a beautiful adventure! i'm curious how you got to the northern trailhead? I've heard folks using a shuttle service which seems very pricey when i looked it up

[@noahbenedictus]

Hey guys I love this! Can I ask how the bugs were? I will be doing this trail in early August this year. Thought I saw you wearing a bug net at one point. Thanks!

[@kaferinelol]

Hey thank you! The bugs weren’t bad at all. Just sometimes at night there is a few here and there so I just wanted to protect myself 😅

[@adrianm398]

Thanks for sharing; do you remember which site was the one seen at minute 22 in the video...?

[@sherifudge563]

It looks like Barrette River North

[@jakew520]

we're getting someone to drop us off at the Gargantua access and then we're hiking down to Agawa Bay. I was curious how far down the Gargantua Rd. a regular car can go? or is there a significant hike before we are at the actual coastal trail?

[@kaferinelol]

Gargantua rd is not paved at all and the road conditions are not good so it’s good you’re getting someone to drop you off! You’re essentially dropped off right at the trailhead. It’s not far at all

[@jakew520]

@@kaferinelol thanks. so you mean we get dropped off closer to Highway 17 or closer to the actual coastal trail?

[@kaferinelol]

@@jakew520 you will be dropped off at the coastal trail. The shuttle should take you all the way to the trailhead (gargantua rd itself is not a nice road for a regular car to drive on as it is all gravel and bumpy)

[@Deprecate1]

Hey there, this might be a dumb question but by what means did you get to the beginning of your planned hike from your parked car? does the park offer a shuttle service? Thanks in advance!

[@kaferinelol]

We used a company called U wanna cab and they’re based out of Wawa. Good lucj

[@Deprecate1]

@@kaferinelol Thank you!

[@niagaraadventureclub]

Did you guys happen to keep GPS logs of your hike?

[@kaferinelol]

Unfortunately we didn’t have one. But most of the days we walked from 8am-4pm give take one or two hours on the ending time

[@LennyBurch]

@@kaferinelol ah, too bad. I am trying to get coordinates of the various campsites for planning my trip.

[@Madtrapper100]

@@LennyBurch If you buy the Voyageur Trail Association's trail guidebook it has the coastal trail in it. It doesn't have campsite coordinates but it does have all the access point coordinates, and the maps shows all campsite and has markers at every kilometer so you should be able to figure out and plan things very well from that. The guidebook also has write ups about every section of the trail with a lot of info. The guidebook is 40 dollars on the association's website if you're not a member.

[@LennyBurch]

@@Madtrapper100 thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for!.

[@Madtrapper100]

@@LennyBurch I wanted to add that the VTA is currently working on adding all trail maps to the Ondago map app. Not sure how much longer it will take or what kind of price you'll have to pay, but they will be available there eventually. It is 700km of trails and being done by volunteers, and I don't know how far along they are at the moment.