Video: Explore the Vancouver Coastal Mountains

British Columbia is a province covering over 952,263 square kilometers. It is nearly four times the size of Great Britain, two-and-a-half times larger than Japan, in fact larger than all but 30 nations in the world. Most amazing is that roughly 94% of it is public land waiting to be explored by two wheels.

The province is divided into six tourism regions, each with its own distinct characteristics. By road tripping to these regions and exploring those characteristics we hope to showcase the diverse nature of mountain biking throughout BC.

In Episode 3, we travel through the Vancouver Coastal Mountain Region. This area includes North Vancouver and it’s surrounding hinterland, the Fraser Valley, the Sunshine Coast, and the famous Sea to Sky corridor of Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. The history of mountain biking has deep roots here, from North Shore ladder bridges to pioneering bike parks, and athletes that have helped propel mountain biking to mainstream acceptance. The area is rich with cohesive bike clubs and trail builders with amazing passion, all progressing the sport of mountain biking and making it that much better for all of our enjoyment.

Rocky Mountain Athletes Geoff Gulevich, Wade Simmons, Thomas Vanderham, Andreas Hestler, and Brett Tippie dig into some of the well known trail networks, but also take time to highlight some of the lesser known trails along the way.

While we all love to travel far and wide, most of us spend the majority of our time closer to home. We hope these edits will inspire both local exploration and big plans for epic road trips abroad—happy riding in 2015!

Episode 1 The Kootenays and Episode 2 Vancouver Island can be seen here. New episodes of the remaining regions are coming soon.

-Mountain Biking BC & Rocky Mountain Bicycles
Visit MountainBikingBC.ca for more information on riding in British Columbia, and visit bikes.com for more information on Rocky Mountain Bicycles.


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