This is a specialty ride, for hardcore backroad riders who like to get into remote corners of Vancouver Island. There's rugged beauty amongst steep rising valley slopes (including Zeballos Peak - 1,578m) and sharp, tough up and down riding hills, though the route elevation tops out near 400m. Riding the grand shores of NW Zeballos Inlet. just south from town, on the road to Fair Harbour It's ~45km into Zeballos (the toughest part of the ride), and a further ~37kms to Fair Harbour. This ride fills in a section of the map where there's very little else around. Both destinations have fine camping options, though my favourite camping spot is tiny (4 sites) Resolution Park Rec Camp (aka Rhodes Cr
Check out the pics below. Looking in opposite directions from my campsite at Side Bay, one of Vancouver Island's grand wilderness destinations, west from Port Alice in the far north of Vancouver Island. Side Bay is a series of small oceanside bays south of mighty Quatsino Inlet, north of the Brooks Peninsula (see map below). You're on your own here, as there's no formal campsite or facilities. Word of mouth has been spreading and it's getting some visitors in summer. I visited in late September, and there was one other camper, so we each took our own bay. There was a family of sea otters that swam by every day (see pic below). There were eagles circling. Walking the seaside, I saw tracks for
