Photo: BIKEPACKING.comLower Sunshine Coast Bikepacking Route

Lower Sunshine Coast Bikepacking Route

A ride described at BIKEPACKING.com

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Epic Expedition scale. Many demanding factors stacked, or 1,000 km and up, or 10,000 m of 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.

Derived from OpenStreetMap. Good data, not perfect. Spot something wrong? Tell us.

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“This route loosely follows Stages 3 and 4 of the world-famous BC Bike Race, for that same “ultimate singletrack experience” without the mayhem and expense of an organized event. There’s not really another bikepacking route that we’re aware of with as extensive wood-work stunts and purpose-built trails. The result is a two or three day ride consisting of great mountain biking through thick forests.”
— BIKEPACKING.com

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Where this ride goes#

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☕Stops worth stopping for49 along this route

Communities along this route#

Sechelt 41 Selma Park 3 Egmont 2 Earls Cove 1 Madeira Park 1 ts'uḵw'um 1

Sechelt (41)

Claytons Heritage MarketInfo· Grocery Store

Golden City RestaurantInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Sechelt Aquatic CentreInfo· Community Centre · $

Sechelt Visitor CentreInfo· Visitor Centre

Sunshine Coast Arts CouncilInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free

Tems Swiya MuseumInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free

Batch 44 Brewery & KitchenInfo· Brewery / Pub · $$ · Casual

Blue Ocean Bar & GrillInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Coastal Crust PizzeriaInfo· Restaurant · $ · Cheap eats

e.b.'s Ice Cream ShopInfo· Ice Cream · $ · Cheap eats

Plus the fast-food chains — McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Starbucks +1 more

+27 more in Sechelt →

Selma Park (3)

BC Liquor StoreInfo· Liquor Store

Plus the fast-food chains — A&W, Tim Hortons

Egmont (2)

La Trattoria ItalianaInfo· Restaurant · $$$ · Upscale

Klein Lake CamgroundInfo· Public Campground

Earls Cove (1)

The CoveInfo· Café / Coffee · $ · Cheap eats

Madeira Park (1)

Ruby Lake ResortInfo· Resort · $$$$ · Upscale

ts'uḵw'um (1)

Moon Gate FarmsInfo· Private Campground

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⛴Getting here, bike and allSechelt

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

Sechelt is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. Buses and ferries will carry you and your bike there:

Gibsonsbest: bus
Nanaimobest: ferry + bus
Vancouverbest: bus + ferry
Victoriabest: bus + ferry

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🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territories of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, shíshálh swíya (Sechelt), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and Te’mexw Treaty Association.

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

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