Photo: Grant HarderVancouver, BC

Cypress Side Quest

A ride described at Love Machine

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Ambitious A real undertaking. Demanding on a couple of fronts, like rough surfaces plus steady climbing, or a long stretch on busier roads.

Difficulty Our overall read of how demanding a route is. We score surface roughness, climbing, singletrack, and how far it runs from services. The route publisher's own rating, a lot of busy road riding, or sheer scale can push the tier up, never down.

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A 55 km loop connecting Cypress Provincial Park to Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver, stitching together the area's scattered gravel and dirt sections amid mostly paved roads. Includes narrow community-built singletrack connectors with short hike-a-bike sections.

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Where this ride goes#

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☕Stops worth stopping for318 along this route

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park: Famous 137 m suspension bridge with treetop and cliff walkways. · North Vancouver

The Polygon Gallery: Photography gallery in an award-winning waterfront building. · North Vancouver

Troller Ale House: first pub in Canada to serve micro-brewed beer since Prohibition — pouring Bay Ale from Horseshoe Bay Brewing in 1982. · West Vancouver

Ancora: appeared on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list and earned repeated Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence. · West Vancouver

Talaysay Tours: Indigenous-led ethnobotany walks and paddle tours rooted in Coast Salish teachings. · West Vancouver

Communities along this route#

North Vancouver 188West Vancouver 128Lower Lonsdale 1 Vancouver 1

North Vancouver (188)

Capilano Suspension Bridge ParkAccredited· Park / Nature · $$$$

The Polygon GalleryWelcoming· Museum / Gallery · Free

49th Parallel Coffee RoastersWelcoming· Café / Coffee · $ · Cheap eats

Buddha-full - LonsdaleWelcoming· Restaurant · $ · Cheap eats

Climb Base5Welcoming· Community Centre · $$$

Delbrook Community Recreation CentreWelcoming· Community Centre · Free

FishworksWelcoming· Restaurant · $$$ · Upscale

Inuit Gallery Of VancouverWelcoming· Museum / Gallery · Free

Museum Of North VancouverWelcoming· Museum / Gallery · $$$

Ohm Electric BikesWelcoming· Repair Shop

Plus the fast-food chains — Cilantro & Jalapeño, Brazil Gourmet, Cream Pony +34 more

+141 more in North Vancouver →

West Vancouver (128)

Troller Ale HouseWelcoming· Brewery / Pub · $$ · Casual

AncoraInfo· Restaurant · $$$ · Upscale

Talaysay ToursInfo· Activity / Experience · $$$$

Beach House RestaurantWelcoming· Restaurant · $$$ · Upscale

Delany's Coffee HouseWelcoming· Café / Coffee · $ · Cheap eats

Ferry Building GalleryWelcoming· Museum / Gallery · Free

Isetta Cafe BistroWelcoming· Restaurant · $ · Cheap eats

MereonWelcoming· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Park Royal South Food CourtWelcoming· Restaurant · $ · Cheap eats

Persia Foods Produce MarketsWelcoming· Grocery Store

Plus the fast-food chains — Pizza Garden, A&W, Bourbon St. Grill +22 more

+93 more in West Vancouver →

Lower Lonsdale (1)

SeabusAccredited· Bus / Public Transit

Vancouver (1)

Sharky's Chophouse & EateryWelcoming· Restaurant · $$$ · Upscale

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⛴Getting here, bike and allNorth Vancouver

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

North Vancouver is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. Buses, the SeaBus, and ferries will carry you and your bike there:

West Vancouverbest: bus
Vancouverbest: SeaBus
Nanaimobest: ferry + bus
Victoriabest: ferry + bus + SeaBus

Also on the bike-transit map: West Vancouver · Vancouver

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🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territories of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam).

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

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