Campbell River Tight Lines

A ride mapped and described by Love Machine

6 cycling stops along this route · Vancouver Island

68 km · Full dayAmbitiousComfortable for mostAlmost all gravelLots of climbing

A 68 km route near Campbell River combining well-graded forest service roads with about 15 km of singletrack through the Snowden Demo Forest mountain bike trail system. Mellow, sustained climbing, with rec sites suited to bikepacking overnighters.

Our map below is a rough sketch

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Communities along this route#

Bloedel 5 Campbell River 1

Roughly where this ride goes#

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Traditional territories#

This route travels through the traditional territories of the Homalco, K’ómoks, Kwakwaka’wakw A̱wi’nagwis, Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ, We Wai Kai, and Wei Wai Kum.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.

BC Bike Stops#

Bloedel (5)

Brewster Camp Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Brittany BayInfo· Private Campground

Gosling Lake North Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Gosling Lake Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Loveland Bay Provincial CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Campbell River (1)

Quinsam CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

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