White River Loop 2020 – Day 1

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08/08/2020
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Black Creek Main nice and quiet track to Oyster River. Nice geology and a pretty decent ascent up Oyster River Main into the big mountains. Camping with good views of Regan, Mitchell and Albert Edward. Made a little fire using Old Mans Beard as tinder. The stars are coming out šŸ™‚

1 bear.

Distance (km)
74
Ascent (m)
1173
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White River Loop 2020 – Day 2

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09/08/2020
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Fun mountain pass, but 20+ culverts removed from the Forestry Service Road; so I had to push the bike down and then up over these big ditches many times.

Big mountains!

Exhilarating descent; rocky track cutting down the mountain side. 2 bears and spectacular views. Highway meh.

Saunders Main a little steep at times but a nice ride as it cools off into the evening. Big trees at Twaddle Lake and not a sound! Made a fire and made use of a picnic table.

Good day all in all!

Distance (km)
91
Ascent (m)
1653
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White River Loop 2020 – Day 3

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10/08/2020
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Nice ride over White Gold Pass. Good road to White River "park". A rough trail down to the river was all I found. Nice views, but nothing to write home about from that spot at least. There is a park entrance on the other side of the river, but not for this trip.

Had to detour to Sayward as road no longer exists. Busier logging road, then quiet on Salmon River. Hunted for and found a nice camp spot. Very tired tonight. Listening to the trees creaking.

Distance (km)
74
Ascent (m)
707
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White River Loop 2020 – Day 4

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  • Nice gravel to start.
  • Couple of nice lakes.
  • Dick's Fish & Chips on the pir in Campbell River šŸ™‚
  • Took the Inland Highway home.
Distance (km)
111
Ascent (m)
757
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Courtenay to Duncan 2020 – Day 1

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19/09/2020
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Steep spots in places but mostly straight forward.

Some heavy rain but not for long.

Sun came out. Nice recreation site by lake. Campfire šŸ™‚

3 bears today. One of them was a bit too curious for my liking!

Distance (km)
78
Ascent (m)
1068
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Courtenay to Duncan 2020 – Day 2

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Good views over Great Central Lake. Not very interesting into Port Alberni. Pacific Rim Highway was terrible!

Burger and poutine at "Granny's Chicken & Grill". Resupplied at gas station so I didn't stay in town long.

Hilly out of town. Bamfield road busy and pretty tough going. A podcast helped.

Lakeside camp with fire. Great stars.

Distance (km)
88
Ascent (m)
1037
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