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.
Derived from OpenStreetMap. Good data, not perfect. Spot something wrong? Tell us.
How we describe routes →The loops between Cumberland and West Courtenay run 5 to 26 km on historic colliery rail trails and forest singletrack, past Comox Lake and salmon-bearing rivers. Cumberland's coal-mining past shows everywhere, and its present, cafes, breweries, and one of the island's great trail networks, makes the town the natural hub. Hillier than the valley floor rides nearby.
Riding near fast trafficFastest stretches
Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the book from Let's Go Biking.
We believe these are the fast, unprotected roads on this route. We can tell you which roads and roughly how far, but not the order you will ride them. If you see an error, tell us and we'll fix it.
Gladstone Tasting Room: BC Brewery of the Year and a consistent medal-winner at the BC Beer Awards and Canada Beer Cup. · Courtenay
Plus the fast-food chains — Panago, Subway, The Pita Pit +4 more
+55 more in Courtenay →Courtenay is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. Buses, rental cars, ferries, and carpools will carry you and your bike there:
Also on the bike-transit map: Cumberland
This route travels through the traditional territories of the Homalco, K’ómoks, Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ, ɬaʔamɩn gɩǰɛ (Tla’amin), We Wai Kai, and Wei Wai Kum.
Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.