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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How we describe routes →The Fraser Loop runs 35 km along the river through Burnaby, Vancouver, Richmond, and New Westminster, following the working waterfront where log booms, tugs, and herons share the water. Mostly flat with connecting city streets, a good half-day that shows a side of the region most rides miss.
Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the book from Let's Go Biking.
Plus the fast-food chains — A&W, Booster Juice, HiFive Chicken 24 +14 more
+30 more in Vancouver →Plus the fast-food chains — Queensboro Pizza, Boston Pizza, McDonald's +7 more
+3 more in New Westminster →Plus the fast-food chains — Triple O's, Freshslice Pizza, McDonald's +6 more
Plus the fast-food chains — Boston Pizza
Vancouver is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. The SeaBus, ferries, and buses will carry you and your bike there:
Also on the bike-transit map: New Westminster · Richmond · Burnaby
This route travels through the traditional territories of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, Kwantlen, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, Qayqayt, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), sc̓əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen), Semiahmoo, səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxʷ (Katzie), Stz’uminus, and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam).
Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.