



I had an opportunity to stay in Vancouver for a week with my lady friend and her mother. I planned on taking an extra week to go on a solo bike trip the following week, and I read about the massive amount of singletrack trails in South Chilcotin Mountains Provincial Park . Over 200 km of remote trails, alpine meadows, pristine lakes, ridgelines… it was an easy choice. I just had to figure out how to get there. Most people drive directly to the park boundary, or better yet, take a float plane to one of many remote lakes and ride out. Booking a plane by myself was out of the question, and I didn’t want to rely on hitching a ride with another group. Renting a car seemed like a silly idea just to leave it parked at a trailhead for 5 days. Plus, I had a bike, which happens to be a mode of transportation.

Greyhound normally does not allow you to stow a complete bike with checked luggage, but with the popularity of mountain biking in Whistler and Pemberton, they are nice enough to allow that sort of thing for trips to those areas. You can take an assembled bike, out of the box, from Vancouver all the way to Pemberton.







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Print directions This was my first solo trip. I had hoped to cover more milage, but once I was in South Chilcotin Mountains Park, I realized miles were going to be much more difficult than I had anticipated. My trip was at the end of June/early July, which was basically the start of riding season in that area, and a time for high water creek crossings. While some trails were in great shape, others were overgrown, destroyed by horses, massive rock slides, trees down, and some snow up high. I made a decision once in the park to cut my milage down and take it easier. There was an alpine section that I definitely wanted to ride, and didn’t want to miss my opportunity if other sections were taking longer. I also had to consider ~100 km I had to cover just to get back to Pemberton and catch my bus/flight in Vancouver.Route Map



Gear List

Bags: Divide Frame Bag, Sawtooth Bar Bag with Pinion Pocket, Rattlesnake Stem Bag, Shenandoah Seat Bag, and a Beargrass Top Tube Bag.

Full Wanderlust Gear bag set , including

also had gpx routes loaded on a Garmin eTrex 20

Camera gear: Sony a6300 with Sigma 30mm 1.4, Sony 50mm 1.8, and Zeiss Touit 12mm 2.8





Camp Gear:

Enlightened Equipment 30 degree quilt

Optimus Crux Lite Stove with Weekender pot set

Custom tarp shelter with Tyvek footprint

lots of layers

lots of food

Canadian Whiskey







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