Photo: BIKEPACKING.comSnowden or Dust, Vancouver Island

Snowden or Dust, Vancouver Island

A ride described at BIKEPACKING.com

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Challenging Demanding on several fronts at once, or a lot of riding on busy 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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“Snowden or Dust was designed with three things in mind: singletrack, lakes, and gravel. The route starts and ends in the city of Campbell River, prioritizes flowy (and sometimes challenging) singletrack within the Snowden Demonstration Forest, and links on an outer loop of rolling gravel roads with access to a number of lakeside campsites.”
— BIKEPACKING.com

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Where this ride goes#

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☕Stops worth stopping for14 along this route

Haig-Brown Heritage House: Riverside heritage home of writer and conservationist Roderick Haig-Brown. · Campbell River

Communities along this route#

Campbell River 9 Bloedel 5

Campbell River (9)

Haig-Brown Heritage HouseInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free

White TowerInfo· Restaurant · $$ · Casual

Swicked CyclesWelcoming· Repair Shop

Chateau Riverside Boutique HotelInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$$$ · Upscale

On the RocksInfo· Community Centre · $

Quinsam CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Ginger Beef HouseInfo· Restaurant · $ · Cheap eats

Plus the fast-food chains — McDonald's, Ryan's Pizzeria

Bloedel (5)

Brewster Camp Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Gosling Lake North Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Gosling Lake Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Loveland Bay Provincial CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Brittany BayInfo· Private Campground

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⛴Getting here, bike and allCampbell River

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

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

Quadra Islandbest: ferry
Nanaimobest: rental car
Vancouverbest: ferry + rental car
Victoriabest: bus + rental car

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🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territories of the Homalco, K’ómoks, Kwakwaka’wakw A̱wi’nagwis, Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ, We Wai Kai, and Wei Wai Kum.

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

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