The trail traverses the qathet Regional District from Sarah Point on the Desolation Sound in the north to the BC Ferries terminal at Saltery Bay on Jervis Inlet in the south.

The trail goes within close proximity of the communities of Powell River, Lang Bay, Lund, and Teeshohsum, through public, private and Tla'amin Nation treaty lands.

[2] Campgrounds are also available alongside the huts, and there are number access points to the trail, providing multiple options for shorter trips.

[3] In 1992, outdoor enthusiasts formed the non-profit Powell River Parks and Wilderness Society, now called the qathet Parks and Wilderness Society (qPAWS), with the idea of creating a hiking corridor to protect and access the increasingly vanishing old-growth forests in the Upper Sunshine Coast region.

[4] The Sunshine Coast Trail was completed in 2000 and outdoor groups began building wilderness huts along the route in 2009.