🚀 go-pugleaf

On Apr 19, 7:52 pm, Király <ggrand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 19, 10:57 am, gojogo <yoj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Howdy All,
> > I'm an upstate NYer trying to figure out the best touring roads in
> > your neck of the woods for a 3-4 wk solo trip this August.  I've never
> > been to eastern BC (got as far as Revelstoke a few yrs ago) and would
> > love any advice/info regarding less-trafficked cycling routes outside
> > of Vancouver.  My Surly and I greatly appreciate it.
>
> Here's a 3-week solo trip I did in 2001:
>
> Day 1:  depart Vancouver, ferry to Nanaimo, overnight in Bowser
> Day 2:  ride to Campbell River
> Day 3:  ride to Woss
> Day 4:  ride to Port Hardy
> Day 5:  ferry to Prince Rupert (15 hours)
> Day 6:  ride Rupert eastward, camp out beside Skeena River
> Day 7:  ride past Terrace, camp out beside River
> Day 8:  ride to New Hazelton
> Day 9:  ride to Telkwa (awesome touring cyclist overnight stop, just
> awesome)
> Day 10:  ride to Houston
> Day 11, 12, 13 wait in Houston while new barcon shifters FedExed up
> from Vancouver (STI broke!)
> Day 14:  Finally leave Houston, ride to Burns Lake
> Day 15: ride to Vanderhoof
> Day 16:  ride to Prince George
> Day 17:  ride to Quesnel
> Day 18:  Ferry across river, ride through quiet ranch country,
> different ferry back to Williams Lake
> Day 19:  ride to Lac la Hache
> Day 20:  ride to 70 Mile House
> Day 21:  ride to Cache Creek
> Day 22:  ride to Spences Bridge
> Day 23:  ride to Yale
> Day 24:  ride to Abbotsford
> Day 25:  home to Vancouver
>
> Throughout much of BC, the only way from point A to point B is to take
> the main highway, and share it with the rest of the traffic.  There
> are few side roads because of the mountainous terrain.  That said,
> though, most highways have good wide paved shoulders so sharing the
> road is rarely a problem.  Avoid Hwy 99 from Vancouver to Whistler.
> It's deadly for cyclists.
>
> Good places to go are the Okanagan and Cariboo (follow Hwy 97 from the
> US border to Prince George).  These places are flatter than a lot of
> the rest of the province and there are more opportunities to explore
> side roads.
>
> If you can manage to get to northwestern BC, Hwy 16 from Terrace to
> Prince Rupert will knock your socks off.  Wide, incredibly scenic, not
> to much traffic.  You can take the ferry from Prince Rupert down to
> Vancouver Island and ride back down and hop on a second ferry back to
> Vancouver.
>
> I don't know what this "case law" is that the other poster referred
> to, about keeping to gravel shoulders only.  I have always ridden on
> the paved shoulder everywhere in BC and have never had a problem.
>
> --
> K.
>
> Lang may your lum reek.

Thanks for all the detail!  Will definitely take notes and start
marking the maps.
Cheers, Johanna