Photo: Alex GuiryBowen Island, BC

Texada Island Two Step

Challenging Demanding on several fronts at once, or a lot of riding on busy roads.

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A hardy 124 km lap of Texada Island, reached by ferry from Powell River. Mostly gravel, never busy, and far hillier than an island ride has any right to be: the climbing comes constantly in steep pitches, nearly 2,900 m of it. Come with low gears and a full day, or split it with a night at one of the island's campgrounds.

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Where this ride goes#

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Map key & layers

Show stops Mute other bike trails

AttractionsCamping

Riding near fast trafficFastest stretches

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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 12 km of Blubber Bay Road · near Blubber Bay

☕Stops worth stopping for4 along this route

Communities along this route#

Billings Bay 2 Gillies Bay 1 Van Anda 1

Billings Bay (2)

Bob's Lake Recreation Site North CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Bob's Lake Recreation Site South CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Gillies Bay (1)

Shelter Point Regional CampgroundInfo· Private Campground

Van Anda (1)

Texada Island MuseumInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free

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⛴Getting here, bike and allPowell River

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

The transit network doesn’t quite reach this ride. The closest doorway is Powell River, about 9 km from the route. Ferries and buses will carry you and your bike that far:

Texada Islandbest: ferry
Nanaimobest: ferry + bus
Vancouverbest: bus + ferry
Victoriabest: bus + ferry

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🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territories of the Homalco, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, K’ómoks, Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ, ɬaʔamɩn gɩǰɛ (Tla’amin), shíshálh swíya (Sechelt), Snaw-naw-as, Te’mexw Treaty Association, and Wei Wai Kum.

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

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