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Bikepacking the Sea to Sky Trail · Fri. Oct. 18th, 2024 - Sun. Oct. 20th, 2024
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Start: Friday, Oct. 18th, 5:00 pm
End: Sunday, Oct. 20th, 9:00 pm
Description:
Despite only being here for half a year, I brought my bikepacking bags with me from Australia and bought a gravel bike when I arrived. Now I have to do at least one bikepacking trip to make it worthwhile.
After some research, I found the Sea to Sky Trail which looks stunning. Would be keen to do this bikepack with a few others (a group of 3-5 would be ideal) if anyone is keen! See this link for route details: https://bikepacking.com/routes/bikepacking-sea-to-sky-trail/
This would be the plan:
Friday
- Take a 5:30pm bus from downtown to Squamish, arrive at 6:30pm
- Ride for a short time (~10km) to get to Alice Lake Provincial Park
- Camp overnight
Saturday
- Ride as far as we can, aim to camp past Whistler at Riverside RV park (or even Nairn Falls campground closer to Pemberton if we can make it). ~50km to Whistler or ~90km to Pemberton.
Sunday
- Ride the final section into Pemberton, then ride back to Whistler/take a bus back to Whistler
- Take a 7pm bus from Whistler to arrive back in Vancouver at 8:45pm
Apparently the trail goes as far up as D'arcy, but including this last section might be a bit tough. One option is to try for 100km on the Saturday to get to Pemberton, then do an out and back to D'arcy on Sunday (~90km) and catch the bus back from Pemberton.
This trip is probably only suitable for at least intermediate bikepackers who have already done some offroad trips. It seems like at least a 40mm tyre width is suggested for the trail, but I might be tackling it with 35mm tyres if I don't get around to upgrading them for this. There are also apparently a lot of steep, punchy climbs, so good low gears will help (otherwise, hike-a-biking is always an option)
This trip will probably go ahead rain or shine, unless really heavy rain is forecast.
If anyone has a car and bike racks and can make some logistics easier, that could be helpful.