PRPAWS began to build trails and hold grand openings. By 1993, they came up with the idea to connect existing trails and create new ones to form one giant trail.

The society felt that the best way to have this concept gain acceptance would be to involve the public as well as government and industry. Along the way they got a couple of grants, and by 1995 they achieved a great intermediate goal - they had a trail longer than the world-famous West Coast Trail. The SCT was up to 80 kilometers.

In that same year, Don Krompocker and Scott Glaspey were out looking for a trail connection in the Smith Range. After a couple of hours, they found themselves on a steep hillside and discovered they were heading completely in the wrong direction. In the typical calm fashion Don announced, "That's it, we're lost - we're going to die." They stumbled back to their flagged line and had lunch with a bottle of red wine. After eating, they made one of those bad decisions that turned out beautifully. They wandered off in a different direction downhill. Within 15 minutes they found an old overgrown railway grade, followed it, and popped out of the bush exactly where they had wanted to come out. By pure fluke, they had extended the SCT by two more kilometers. By March 2001 the SCT was 180 kilometers long where only 35 kilometers existed nine years before. The majority of the Sunshine Coast Trail had received protected status in one form or another.

Today the SCT remains under the aegis of PRPAWS and connects several significant areas of old growth: Mount Troubridge above Saltery Bay, the Smith Range, March Lake, Lac Godeau, Confederation Lake, Lost Lake and the Gwendoline Hills close to Sarah Point.