Hike Haida Gwaii acknowledges that there is going to be updated or added information about the listed trails on the site. We have added this updates page to make it easier for readers to find any relevant and recent information about any Haida Gwaii trails.
Also, this is our page for showing any photos, revisits, trail upgrades and interesting facts about the trails that we have listed. If you have any updated information on trails, please send us an email on our contact page and we will be glad to add it to this page.
We do our best to keep the information on the trails but disclaimers do apply. We do not intend for any information on our site to be used as accurate information and we highly encourage further research and proper hiking and outdoor preparations, including your emergency plans before heading out to any of the trails.
Golden Spruce Trail – Trail Temporarily Closed
UPDATE – JAN 2025
Winter storms have wreaked havoc on the Golden Spruce Trail. The highly popular trail suffered significant blowdown, due to very strong winds, 230 meters in (just past the halfway point). As a result, the trail is temporarily closed as indicated by signage at the blowdown site.
Anvil Trail – New Parking Lot across Trailhead
UPDATE – JUNE 2024
Remediation work is complete. Ample parking for multiple vehicles is available at Mariners Point, directly across from the Anvil trailhead.
UPDATE – MAY 2024
Winter storms destroyed the small parking area at Mariners Point; however, as of May 2024, it appears
some remediation work is underway to re-develop suitable parking.
Susan’s Trail – Now Officially Called Susan’s Way
UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2023
In the three months since we hiked this route, an important change has occurred. Susan’s Trail now has official trailhead signage at each of its start (or terminus) points, denoting it as “Susan’s Way”: 1) At “the big tree”; and, 2) At the intersection of Highway 16 and Beitush Road, which is a newly developed section of the trail. The new addition is short – maybe about 100 meters or so – and connects to the original trail, near Tlell Cemetery. Keep your eye out for a bark-stripped tree, or CMT!
While this update may seem relatively minor, we think it’s important because it gives this short trail a visible and definite identity. It will no longer just be part of the larger Misty Meadows Loop; rather, the newly installed trailhead markers pay beautiful homage to the late Susan Wright, acknowledging her role in developing this route many years ago.
New Features in Spirit Lake Trail
JANUARY 2023
Interpretive signage was installed at the beginning of 2023
FEBRUARY 2023
Beginning in late February 2023, work began on a 60 metre re-route around a CMT that has been flagged as a danger tree. The re-route was “roughed in” by March 1st but, as of 3 April 2023, has yet to be completed. Of note: Quite early into the re-route, you’ll spy a unique CMT to your left, flagged with yellow tape denoting its status. This special cedar tree was burned to help fall it and there are tool marks visible.
