Moderate One step up. Some real climbing, or a rougher surface.
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 Hike-Bike Trail and Black Sage Road loop near Oliver covers 18.5 to 40 km of flat, quiet riding along rail trail and riverside paths, past some of the South Okanagan's most storied vineyards. Good birdwatching in the green stretches, and wine stops as tempting as you let them be.
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.
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.
This route travels through the traditional territories of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nłeʔkepmx Tmíxʷ (Nlaka’pamux), and Syilx (Okanagan).
Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.