Blog - bike travels & such

Cycle Touring Vancouver Island

This section is my chance to ramble on, to have an ongoing conversation with readers. I'll post updates & photos as I do more rides, get gear worth noting, or come across interesting stuff about cycle touring or bikepacking on Vancouver Island & the Sunshine Coast (and beyond).

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Happy New Years to all!

Since I've eased off on serious New Years partying, I've had a tradition of heading out every year for a camping excursion. This year I thought I'd try a loop through Port Alberni then north through the backroads. My plans were a little uncertain as we'd gotten a fair piece of snow the day before. I took the big highway south, figuring (correctly - as one can see in the pic above) that the shoulder would be cleared. There's a 2-3km connector off the big highway to Little Qual