Collection by Dara Poon
Gulf Islands bikepacking, August 2026
4 routes
30:24
301km
4,340m
Three-night trip. staying at:
- Ruckle Provincial Park, Salt Spring Island
- Shingle Bay campground, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, North Pender Island
- Dionisio Point Provincial Park, Galiano Island
Visibility:
Anyone
Activities
82.6km
08:57
1,010m
1,090m
Since Salt Spring is not a big island, we had lots of time today, so we stopped to look at every self-service farm stand on the way to Ruckle Provincial Park.
We arrived at the campground with no reservation, and all sites were occupied, but some friendly campers offered to…
70.1km
07:48
1,330m
1,310m
While my friends rode from Ruckle Provincial Park back to Ganges via the same route as yesterday, then puttered around town in the afternoon, I ditched them and went exploring around Salt Spring Island. They made a wise decision not to join me: I'm pretty sure they would not have…
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55.9km
07:25
1,190m
1,150m
In the morning, Li and I rode out to take a look around North and South Pender Islands, stopping at a bakery for breakfast. The maple sugar donut with cream topping provided some tasty quick-acting carbs!
Impressions, based on the sample of the islands that I saw: compared to Salt…
92.2km
06:14
810m
780m
At the crack of dawn, I could see that the mosquitoes were hungry. Alternatively stated, we three bikepackers, having been riding around on steep hills without taking a shower for three nights, were taunting them from inside our tents. That stalemate could not last forever, though. I formulated a plan…
Collection Stats
Activities
4
Distance
301 km
Duration
30:24 h
Elevation
4,340 m
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