Vancouver Island Bikepacking Route

[cephalopod]

Congrats to vikb for completing a route from Cape Scott to Victoria on Vancouver Island!
850km long with 12590m of climbing over 7.5 days.

Blog:
https://vikapproved.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/vancouver-island-bikepacking-route/

Thread on MTBR with detailed notes:
http://forums.mtbr.com/bikepacking-bike-expedition/vancouver-island-bikepacking-route-979909.html

It looks like a lot of fun. I'm hoping I can get a week off in the early fall so that I can take a crack at it.
There also seem to be some alternate sections that would be nice... Hard to tell just looking at maps though

Thanks vikb!

[vikb]

Thanks for posting. Sorry for my repost above. I missed this.

There are lots of alternate options if you want to add extra riding to the route.

- visiting any number of the Gulf Islands
- side-trip to Tofino
- extending southern route to Port Renfrew and/or Jordan River

If you need any route planning help just holler.

[Dinodinodino]

This route looks great!  Maybe someday when I can get enough time off I can get it done.  I know it rains a fair bit out there.  When is the best time of year to go...if there is one?

[vikb]

This route looks great!  Maybe someday when I can get enough time off I can get it done.  I know it rains a fair bit out there.  When is the best time of year to go...if there is one?

It rarely rains June through Aug. April/May and Sept/Oct can be very dry as well. I wouldn't try riding this route Nov-Mar unless you are okay with rain.

If I could ride it any time I'd probably pick last 2 weeks in May.