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Overview
Featuring over 40 routes, each trip includes a map, information on local history, topography, aesthetics, places of interest, type of road, general route condition, level of difficulty, start and end points, checkpoints and colour photographs.
With the understanding that cyclists are not going to cycle the Island all in one go, the book is divided into sections that roughly correspond to the Island's geographic and population regions:
Complete with detailed information for all travellers, John Crouch's latest guidebook is the perfect resource for cyclists heading to Vancouver Island.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781771605618 |
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Publisher: | Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated |
Publication date: | 09/06/2022 |
Pages: | 336 |
Sales rank: | 750,536 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction 10
Getting to the Island 14
Climate 16
How to use this guide 17
1 Victoria 22
1 Tour of Victoria - loop 25
47km/29mi Easy to moderate
2 Coastline Cruise - loop 31
28km/17.5mi to 56km/35mi Moderate
3 Tour of the Highlands - loop 37
36km/22mi Strenuous
4 Tour of the Saanich Peninsula - loop 41
66km/41mi Moderate
5 Galloping Goose/Lochside regional trails 47
Various lengths Easy
6 E & N Trail/Royal Roads U./Galloping Goose Trail - loop 55
35km/22mi Easy to moderate
7 Highlands/Humpback/Galloping Goose - loop 63
38km/24mi Moderate to strenuous
8 Metchosin/East Sooke - loop 69
43km/27mi Moderate to strenuous
9 Sooke/Otter Point - loop 75
111km/67mi Strenuous
10 Victoria to Jordan River - out-and-back 81
146km/91mi Moderate to strenuous
11 Victoria to Shawnigan Lake - out-and-back 85
92km/57mi Strenuous
2 Duncan and Cowichan Valley 90
12 Shawnigan Lake/Cameron Taggart - loop 93
32km/2omi; 22km/13.5mi Moderate
13 Three Ferries Loop 97
113km/7omi Moderate to strenuous
14 Mill Bay Ferry Terminal to Genoa Bay - out-and-back 105
82km/5imi Moderate to strenuous
15 Kinsol Trestle/Lake Cowichan/Duncan - loop 109
84km/52mi Easy to moderate
16 Tour of Duncan - Combined loop 115
58km/36mi Moderate
17 Tour of Duncan - South loop 117
32km/20mi Moderate
18 Tour of Duncan - North loop 123
29km/18mi Moderate
19 Tour of Duncan - West loop 127
34km/21mi Moderate
20 Duncan/Crofton/Chemainus - loop 131
50km/31mi Moderate
21 Cowichan Valley Trail - out-and-back 137
60km/37mi Easy
22 Cowichan Valley Winery Tour - loop 141
41km/25.5mi Easy to moderate
23 Chemainus to Ladysmith - out-and-back 149
27km/17mi Moderate
3 Nanaimo 153
24 Nanaimo - Southwest loop 155
32km/20mi Moderate
25 Nanaimo - Southeast loop 161
48km/30mi Moderate
26 Nanaimo - North loop 167
44km/27mi Moderate to strenuous
27 Lantzville/Nanoose Bay - loop 173
47km/29mi Moderate to strenuous
28 Parksville/Errington/Coombs/Qualicum Beach - loop 179
36km/22mi Moderate
4 Port Alberni 184
29 Cherry Creek/Beaver Creek - loop 187
24km/15mi Easy to moderate
30 Port Alberni South - loop 191
12km/7.5mi Moderate to strenuous
31 McCoy Lake - loop 195
26km/16mi Moderate to strenuous
5 Comox Valley 199
32 Comox Valley Tour - loop 201
58km/36mi Easy to moderate
33 Courtenay Riverway Trail-Cumberland-Courtenay - loop 207
26km/16mi Easy to moderate
34 Courtenay West - loop 211
17km/11mi Easy
35 Strathcona Parkway to Paradise Meadows - out-and-back 215
35km/22mi Strenuous
6 Campbell River 219
36 Oyster River/Miracle Beach - loop 221
31km/19mi Easy to moderate
37 Tour of Campbell River - loop 225
38km/23.5mi Moderate to strenuous
38 Campbell River - West loop 229
21km/13mi Moderate
39 Campbell River - North loop 233
23km/14mi Easy to moderate
7 Gold River 237
40 Campbell River to Gold River - out-and-back 239
87km/54mi Strenuous
8 Fort Alice 243
41 Port Hardy to Port Alice - out-and-back 245
52km/32mi Moderate to strenuous
9 Selected Longer Routes 249
42 Victoria/Port Renfrew/Victoria (three stages) 249
250km/155mi Moderate to strenuous
43 Victoria to Port Hardy (six stages) 261
524km/325mi Easy to strenuous
44 Cross-Island Tour: Parksville to Tofino/Ucluelet (5 stages) 287
172km/107mi (Tofino); 147km/91mi (Ucluelet) Easy to strenuous
45 Tour of the Sunshine Coast (three stages) 301
314km/195mi Moderate to strenuous
Ferry and Airport Access Routes 313
A Swartz Bay ferry terminal to Victoria 313
B Victoria to Brentwood Bay/Mill Bay ferry terminal 315
C Brentwood Bay ferry terminal to Victoria 318
D Departure Bay ferry terminal to Nanaimo/North Island 321
E Victoria International Airport to Victoria 323
Index of Routes 325
About the Author 329