In British Columbia you can do the Columbia Western Railway and Kettle Valley Railway. I did that one in 2001. That stretches 600km from Castlegar to Midway (Columbia Western) and Midway to Hope (Kettle Valley). It's almost all old abandoned rail grade with a maximum grade of 3%. There's a section out of Summerland that's not useable due to the fact that they're still running a tourist train on the railbed. A detour along local roads with some wicked grades is required. Coming down the Coquihalla section some parts of the railbed are washed away into deep and steep canyons but for the most parts trails have been built to get around those sections.

Camping, including wild camping, is possible pretty much all the way. I camped most nights, including one beaver infested and sleepless night near Christina Lake.


...Michelle