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Canyon to Coast
Road cycling across British Columbia's Coast Mountains
Trip Description
This tour for serious cyclists features the incredible beauty and diversity of British Columbia's interior and coast. From Vancouver we will shuttle you inland into Canada's canyon lands. You will ride through a semi-arid landscape through the Nicola, Thompson and Fraser Canyons before crossing the Coast Mountains and making your way to the Pacific. Once we leave the Canyons behind the landscape is dominated by glaciated peaks, giant trees, waterfalls and beautiful lakes.
Canyon to Coast Itinerary
Day One
After meeting in Vancouver we will drive up the Fraser Valley and through the Coast Mountains and Manning Provincial Park to the town of Princeton. We give you a chance to ride the last 30k/20 miles into town to get your legs spinning. We stay overnight in Princeton.
Day Two
From Princeton we make our way through Orchards, ranch land and semi arid sage country to Merritt. 95 k /57 miles.
Day Three
We are following the spectacular Nicola River and canyon. At the confluence with the Thompson River we turn west and head down the Thompson Canyon on the Trans Canada Hwy. The road snakes beautifully high above the wild river. Tonight we will stay in Lytton, Canada's river rafting capitol, at the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers
105k / 63 miles
Day Four
This morning there is time for a optional rafting tour on the Thompson river or a hike into the Canyon.
Then it is back on the bikes again. Today we enjoy a quiet back road through the amazing Fraser Canyon.
76k / 45 miles and optional hike or raft.
Day Five
Today's ride is the day that separates the men from the boys. We climb our way up the Sea to Sky Hwy and we leave the semi-arid canyons below us. A van shuttle is available on the steepest sections. During today's ride we see the vegetation change to sub-alpine with pockets of lush rain forest. At the end of the day a spectacular descent into the Pemberton Valley awaits the tired group.
104 k / 62 miles
Day Six
In the morning we climb up to the ski resort of Whistler. Amazing views of glaciers, waterfalls and turquoise blue lakes make this a short ride. After lunch in the resort town it is mostly downhill to the Pacific Ocean at Squamish. We finish the ride at 300m / 1000ft high Shannon Falls with a view of the Pacific. Then we shuttle you back to Vancouver and it is time to say good bye.
95k / 57 miles
Trips start and end in Vancouver, BC
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