Lower Sunshine Coast Bikepacking Route

A ride mapped and described by bikepacking.com

40 cycling stops along this route · Vancouver, Coast and Mountains

101 km · Weekend or moreEpicComfortable for mostAlmost all gravelLots of singletrackChunky gravelMax climbing

A forty-minute ferry from Vancouver drops you at Earls Cove, where this route dives into a green tunnel of loamy mountain bike trails made famous by the BC Bike Race, wooden stunts and all. Three-quarters of the 101 km is singletrack, with around 3,100 m of climbing, so this is proper technical mountain biking, not a gravel ride. Sechelt sits at halfway for resupply, coffee, and brunch, and swims at Chapman Creek and Crowston Lake break up the effort. A brilliant first bikepacking trip for confident mountain bikers.

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Communities along this route#

Sechelt 36 Earls Cove 1 Egmont 1 Madeira Park 1 ts'uḵw'um 1

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BC Bike Stops#

Sechelt (36)

Basted BakerInfo· Bakery / Donuts · $ · Cheap eats

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

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

Claytons Heritage MarketInfo· Grocery Store

Coastal Crust PizzeriaInfo· Restaurant · $ · Cheap eats

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

Elphi Cycles - SecheltInfo· Repair Shop

EmartInfo· Convenience Store

Flying SaucersInfo· Café / Coffee · $ · Cheap eats

Galiano Italiano MarketInfo· Grocery Store

+26 more in Sechelt →

Earls Cove (1)

The CoveInfo· Café / Coffee · $ · Cheap eats

Egmont (1)

La Trattoria ItalianaInfo· Restaurant · $$$ · Upscale

Madeira Park (1)

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

ts'uḵw'um (1)

Moon Gate FarmsInfo· Private Campground

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