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Cowichan Valley Bikepacking Adventure!
This trip report is a collaborative effort by Brendan Tai and Chester Chan Day 1 and 3 are written in Brendan’s POV. Day 2 is written in Chester’s POV. Day 1: Vancouver to Gordon Bay Distance: 136km Elevation Gain: 1,314m … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Cycle, Special Reports, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, adventure, bike, bike touring, bikepacking, cycling, gravel
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Triple D (donut) Ride · April 29th
I saw this ambitious expedition pitched as a Triple D. Researching into the International French Adjectival System (IFAS), a regular D: difficile (difficult) represents hard, more serious with rock climbing at IV and V, snow and ice slopes at 50-70 … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Other, Trip Reports
Tagged bike, cycling, Deep Cove, donuts, First-Trip, Small Group, Social, Spring
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Dilly-dally to Deep Cove at Dawn for Doughnuts and Doggos
The plan: Bike to Deep Cove to catch the sunrise at 0744 hours on Wednesday and grab some doughnuts from Honey’s Doughnuts. Bike home. Easy peasy. “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” – Robbie Burns Things … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, bike, car-free, day trip, Deep Cove, dog, donuts, fall, sunrise
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Rainy Ride to Red Heather
The original plan for this trip was to ride our bikes up to Elphin Lakes where we’d go for a swim and eat a potluck style feast of snacks in the sun. However, it became apparent pretty quickly that mother … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, bike, biking, cycle, day trip, fog, rain, Red Heather, Small Group
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Scotland Highland Trail 550 Bikepacking
The tale of a girl, her bike, and a two week epic through the Highlands of Scotland. Written by: Moe Nadeau I’d like to preface this trip report by explaining why exactly I chose to suffer through one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged bike, bikepacking, bothy, Camping, Neil Mackenzie, Neil Mackenzie Adventure Grant, NMAG, rainy, slog-fest
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Mt. Baker Bike’n’Ski: a video
My video-version of Elliott’s trip report
Posted in Cycle, Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged bike, Mt. Baker, self propelled, ski, Small Group
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Thanksgiving on Wheels (Four Lakes Bike Tour)
Having been VOC members for almost a year and having gone on more trips than we can count, we figured it was time to organize a trip ourselves, and Thanksgiving on Wheels was born. Ian later named it the ‘Four … Continue reading
Posted in Trip Reports
Tagged bike, bike touring, biking, car-free, cycle, ferry, multiday, Nanaimo, rain, Tsawwassen
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Sooke Loop Recon
The way to the Island. As I expected the buses to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal were loaded with people and bicycles on the first day of Easter long weekend. I was planning to arrive at Bridgeport Station at 7:35 to … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged bike, bike trip, ferry, hiking, Mud, overnight, Tsawwassen, Weekend
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Jasper ER–March 14, 2016
In some sense this doesn’t qualify as being a real trip report, since it involves chair lifts, and ambulances have motors, but it’s probably something most VOCers can relate to, as most end up resorting to resorts at some point. … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Trip Reports
Tagged accident, bear, bike, biking, climbing, Face, mountain bike, rain, ski, skiing, Snow, washington
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Seymour Demonstration Forest Bike-Hike
Saturday, April 11th, 2015 I joined a small group heading to the Seymour Demonstration Trail for my first official bike-hike. I like biking, and I like hiking, so it sounded like fun. The questionable weather forecast calling for rain left … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged beginner-friendly, bike, car-free, day trip, Old Growth Trail, Seymour Lake, Small Group, summer
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