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Photo: Let's Go BikingNorth Sunshine Coast

North Sunshine Coast

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 north Sunshine Coast offers rides from a 5.5 km Okeover Arm amble to the coast's big adventures: the ferry-to-ferry road run, the 13 km Inland Lake loop on one of BC's most accessible trails, quiet roads to Lund at the end of Highway 101, and for the ambitious, trail options along the 180 km Sunshine Coast Trail corridor. Forest, lakes, and waterfront throughout, with real hills on the longer routes.

Where this ride goes#

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Food & DrinkAttractionsSuppliesCampingAccommodationBike Services

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 37 km of Sunshine Coast Highway · near Saltery Bay
  • about 1 km of Arbutus Avenue · near Wildwood
Stops worth stopping for34 along this route

Powell River Townsite Historic District: National Historic Site mill-town district of 400 heritage buildings. · Powell River

Powell River (22)

Powell River Townsite Historic DistrictInfo· Museum / Gallery · $$
Old Courthouse InnAccredited· Hotel / Motel · $$$ · Mid-range
Costa del SolInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual
qathet Museum and Archives SocietyInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free
Willingdon Beach Park and CampsiteInfo· Private Campground
Powell River Harbour GuesthouseAccredited· Hostel · $ · Rock-bottom
32 Lakes Cafe and BakeryInfo· Bakery / Donuts · $ · Cheap eats
Coastal CookeryInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual
Forest Bistro & LoungeInfo· Restaurant · $$$ · Upscale
Island View LodgeInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$ · Budget

Plus the fast-food chains — The Beach Hut

+11 more in Powell River →

Larsons Landing (3)

Laughing OysterInfo· Restaurant · $$$ · Upscale
Okeover Arm CampgroundInfo· Public Campground
Homestead Creek CampsiteInfo· Public Campground

Lund (3)

The Lund Resort at Klah Ah MenInfo· Hotel / Motel
Nancy's BakeryInfo· Bakery / Donuts · $ · Cheap eats
SunLund RV Park & CabinsInfo· Private Campground

Wildwood (2)

Haywire Bay Regional Park CampsiteInfo· Public Campground
Powell Lake Outdoor Learning CenterInfo· Resort · $ · Rock-bottom

Cranberry (1)

Inland Lake CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Lang Bay (1)

Langbay StoreInfo· Convenience Store

Saltery Bay (1)

Saltery Bay CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

t̓ɩšosəm (1)

Appleton Creek CampsiteInfo· Public Campground
Slice and dice these stops in the directory →
These stops come from our directory of welcoming places across BC. Spot something wrong, missing, or closed? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Getting here, bike and allPowell River

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

Powell River is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. Ferries and buses will carry you and your bike there:

Also on the bike-transit map: Lund

Or pick any two places on To & Fro →

🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territories of the Homalco, ɬaʔamɩn gɩǰɛ (Tla’amin), ƛohos giǰi (Klahoose), and shíshálh swíya (Sechelt).

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