Ambitious A real undertaking. Demanding on a couple of fronts, like rough surfaces plus steady climbing, or a long stretch on busier 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.
Derived from OpenStreetMap. Good data, not perfect. Spot something wrong? Tell us.
How we describe routes →The Triple Crown is Vancouver road cycling's rite of passage: climb the North Shore's three big paved ascents, Cypress, Grouse, and Seymour, in a single ride. This 112 km loop stays on the North Shore and routes you back to your start, collecting about 2,400 m of climbing along the way. All paved, all shared with traffic, and all reputation-earning.
Riding near fast trafficFastest stretches
Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the route from The Great Community Route Celebration.
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.
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park: Famous 137 m suspension bridge with treetop and cliff walkways. · North Vancouver
The Polygon Gallery: Photography gallery in an award-winning waterfront building. · North Vancouver
Ancora: appeared on Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list and earned repeated Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence. · West Vancouver
Grouse Grind Trailhead: Base of the Grouse Grind, 'nature's StairMaster' up Grouse Mountain. · North Vancouver
Grouse Mountain: Skyride gondola base of Grouse Mountain's summit attractions. · North Vancouver
Plus the fast-food chains — Cilantro & Jalapeño, Brazil Gourmet, Cream Pony +38 more
+158 more in North Vancouver →Plus the fast-food chains — Nordic Cafe, Pizza Garden, A&W +21 more
+72 more in West Vancouver →North Vancouver is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. Buses, the SeaBus, and ferries will carry you and your bike there:
Also on the bike-transit map: West Vancouver · Vancouver
This route travels through the traditional territories of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam).
Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.