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 →A 44 km wander around Gabriola Island, a twenty-minute ferry from Nanaimo, mixing trails and quiet island roads, more than half unpaved, with about 600 m of rolling climbing. Beaches, sandstone shorelines, and the island's easy pace do the rest.
Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the route from Gravel Buddies.
This route travels through the traditional territories of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, Quw’utsun, Snuneymuxw, and Stz’uminus.
Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.