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 ten-minute ferry from Campbell River, Quadra Island offers loops of 3 to 30 km: Rebecca Spit's beach-lined provincial park, the Cape Mudge lighthouse loop through We Wai Kai territory, and quiet forested roads between. Steeper than it looks in places, with a winery stop and singletrack networks for the curious.
Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the book from Let's Go Biking.
Wildcoast Adventures: Guided sea-kayak trips from Quadra Island, day paddles to week-long orca expeditions. · Quathiaski Cove
Campbell River is the handiest transit doorway for this ride, a short pedal from the route. Ferries, rental cars, and buses will carry you and your bike there:
This route travels through the traditional territories of the Homalco, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, K’ómoks, Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ, ɬaʔamɩn gɩǰɛ (Tla’amin), ƛohos giǰi (Klahoose), We Wai Kai, and Wei Wai Kum.
Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.