Photo: Nathan MartinPort Hardy, BC

Port Hardy

A ride described in Let's Go Biking

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Easy Smooth surfaces and gentle climbing.

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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Port Hardy's rides span 3 to 26 km of quiet, forested seaside trails: the waterfront walk, Storey's Beach, the Quatse River's salmon-bearing loops, and the trail to Fort Rupert, home of the Kwakiutl First Nation. Eagles are constant company this far north, and the pace is all North Island.

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Where this ride goes#

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Map key & layers

Show stops Mute other bike trails

Food & DrinkAttractionsSuppliesCampingAccommodation

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.

Fast-road stretches#

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.

about 3 km of Bear Cove Highway · near Port Hardy

☕Stops worth stopping for23 along this route

Coastal Rainforest Safaris: Indigenous-led boat tours to Great Bear Rainforest wildlife from Port Hardy. · Port Hardy

Copper Maker Gallery: Calvin Hunt's gallery and working carving studio at Fort Rupert. · Fort Rupert

Communities along this route#

Port Hardy 22 Fort Rupert 1

Port Hardy (22)

Coastal Rainforest SafarisInfo· Activity / Experience · $$$$

Glen Lyon InnInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$ · Budget

Hotel 19Info· Hotel / Motel · $$$ · Mid-range

Port Hardy MuseumInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free

Port Hardy Visitor CentreInfo· Visitor Centre

Quarterdeck InnInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$$ · Mid-range

Quatse River CampgroundInfo· Private Campground

Café GuidoInfo· Café / Coffee · $ · Cheap eats

Graceworks GalleryInfo· Museum / Gallery · $$

Mo'sInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Plus the fast-food chains — A&W, McDonald's, Subway

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Fort Rupert (1)

Copper Maker GalleryInfo· Museum / Gallery

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⛴Getting here, bike and allPort Hardy

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

Port Hardy is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. Buses, rental cars, and ferries will carry you and your bike there:

Port McNeillbest: bus
Nanaimobest: rental car
Vancouverbest: ferry + rental car
Victoriabest: bus + rental car

Or pick any two places on To & Fro →

🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territory of the Kwakwaka’wakw A̱wi’nagwis.

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

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