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 ferry from Port McNeill lands you in Sointula, the village founded by Finnish settlers seeking utopia in 1901, and Malcolm Island's quiet roads and gravel take it from there: 10 to 90 km of waterfront riding out to Mitchell Bay or the Pulteney Point lighthouse. Orcas and humpbacks pass offshore, and the co-op store in Sointula has run since 1909. Mostly unpaved and hillier than it looks.
Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the book from Let's Go Biking.
This route travels through the traditional territory of the Kwakwaka’wakw A̱wi’nagwis.
Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.