Newsletter - RM 1200 Route Proposals

BC Randonneurs Cycling Club
 

 

Submitted by Jeff Schlingloff, February 13, 2011.


Pacific Range Explorer 1200

[Message to Jeff Mudrakoff:] Jeff, here's a suggestion:

North Vancouver - North Vancouver (Pacific Range Explorer 1200)
The route is essentially a clockwise loop never going over the a section of highway twice (no out & backs). The exceptions are: main drag through town of Hope, and a short section through North Vancouver. The route crosses the Pacific ranges in southwestern BC on maintained paved highways. At least six varied biogeoclimatic zones are within this route.

The route starts and finishes in North Vancouver, BC.

The route is almost exclusively over mountainous terrain, with the exception of the final 200 km 'home stretch' from Hope along the edge of the Fraser Valley to Vancouver.

The scenery is varied and spectacularly diverse. Road conditions are typical of BC highway maintained mountain routes, all sections are routinely ridden as bike tour routes (sections of), or are part of existing and proven brevet routes used by the BC Randonneurs in the past.

While the mountain sections of the route are all very challenging, they pass through towns with tourist services available.

I would be willing to volunteer for this route.

Jeff Schlingloff

Pacific Range Explorer 1200 km route
dist km
turn
dir
Route Description
km int
Start - Chevron or Petrocan 24 hr gas/store
Main St & Mountain Hwy - North Vancouver, BC
0
CO
W
MAIN ST / COTTON RD 
1.1
1.1
BL
W
LOW LEVEL RD / ESPLANADE ST E/W
3.2
4.3
R
N
FORBES AVE
0.4
4.7
L
W
3RD ST W
0.4
5.1
BL
W
2ND ST W / 1ST ST W
2.1
7.2
R/L
N / W
GARDEN AVE / WELCH ST
1.3
8.8
R/L
W
BRIDGE RD (X Capilano River)
0.6
9.1
L
W / N
S TAYLOR WAY (behind Park Royal South mall) OVERPASS
0.9
10
R
W
MARINE DRIVE (Westbound)
15.1
25.1
R/L
E/N
MARINE DR / HWY 99 (North to Squamish)
43
68.1
CONTROL #1 - Squamish (Hwy 99 & Cleveland Ave)
68.1
CO
N
HWY 99
90
158.1
CONTROL #2 - Pemberton (Hwy 99 & Portage Rd jct)
158.1
CO
E
HWY 99 (to Mt Currie)
7
165.1
CO
E / N
HWY 99 (to end of Duffey Lake @pullout) INFO CONTROL?
41.6
206.7
CO
N
HWY 99 (to Seton Lake/River)
47.4
254.1
CONTROL #3 - Lillooet (Hwy 99)
254.1
CO
N
HWY 99 (x Fraser River)
2.3
256.4
L
N
HWY 99 (to HWY 97 jct)
43.2
299.6
CO
SE
HWY 99 (Marble Canyon Park)
31.4
331
R
S
HWY 97 South 
11
342.0
CONTROL #4 - Cache Creek
342
R
S
HWY 1 South (to Ashcroft via Hwy 97c)
10.5
352.5
L
S
HWY 97c (to Logan Lake)
56.9
409.4
L/R
E / S
MEADOW CREEK RD / PONDEROSA RD
1.1
410.5
CONTROL #5 - Logan Lake
410.5
L
S
PONDEROSA RD / MEADOW CREEK RD
1.1
411.6
L
S
HWY 97c (to jct HWY 8)
41.8
453.4
R
W
HWY 8
1.1
454.5
CONTROL #6 - Lower Nicola Valley
454.5
CO
W
HWY 8 (to Spences Bridge)
58.0
512.5
R/R
N / NE
BRIDGEWAY ST (x Thompson River) / RIVERVIEW AVE
1.2
513.7
CONTROL #7 - Spences Bridge
513.7
CO
W/SW
HWY 1 South (pass Lytton on Hwy 1)
37.8
551.5
CO
S
HWY 1  (to Boston Bar)
44.3
595.8
CO
S
HWY 1  (to Spuzzum)
22.4
618.2
CO
S
HWY 1  (to Hope)
41.2
659.4
CONTROL #8 - Hope
659.4
L
NE
WALLACE ST 
0.8
660.2
R
SE
6 AVE
0.6
660.8
L
E
KAWKAWA LAKE RD
2.8
663.6
BR
E
OTHELLO RD
6.8
670.4
R/L
E/N
HWY 5/5a (COQUIHALLA) North 
41.8
712.2
CO
N
OLD TOLL BOOTHS 
31.4
743.6
R
N
EXIT 256 - COLDWATER RD (to Merritt)
30.5
774.1
L
W
HWY 5a/97c becomes NICOLA AVE
2.7
776.8
CONTROL #9 - Merritt 
776.8
T
E
NICOLA AVE (@ VOGHT ST) becomes HWY 5a/97c  
27.6
804.4
R
S
HWY 5a (to Aspen Grove)
62.5
866.9
CONTROL #10 - Princeton (Hwy 3)
866.9
R
W
HWY 3 West (to Hope)
66.5
933.4
CO
W
HWY 3  (Manning Park Lodge)
46.2
979.6
CO
W
HWY 3  (Sunshine Valley)
17.9
997.5
BR
W
EXIT 173 - OLD HOPE PRINCETON WAY 
2.6
1000.1
R
N
WATER AVENUE (HWY 1)
0.4
1000.5
CONTROL #11 - Water Ave & Hudsons Bay St - Hope
1000.5
CO
NW
WATER AVE (HWY 1) & HUDSONS BAY ST
2.7
1003.2
R
SW
HWY 1 & 7 JCT
31.7
1034.9
R
N
HWY 9 (to Harrison Hot Springs)
7.3
CONTROL #12 -  Harrison Hot Springs
1042.2
T
S
HWY 9 (Harrison Hot Springs)
7.3
1049.5
R
W
HWY 9 & 7 JCT west (to Mission)
45.8
1095.3
CO
w
HWY 7  (thru Mission)
23.6
1118.9
L
w
HANEY BYPASS
2.6
1121.5
L
w
HWY 7 (thru Maple Ridge/Haney)
13.9
1135.4
R
N
HWY 7 (thru Port Coquitlam) SHAUGHNESSY ST
3.3
1138.7
L
W
DAVID ST (Coquitlam)
0.9
CONTROL #13 -  Coquitlam
1139.6
L
S
PIPELINE RD
0.8
1140.4
R
W
GUILDFORD WAY (thru Port Moody)
3.7
1144.1
CO
W
MURRAY AVE (x Ioco Rd)
1.5
1145.6
R
S
MOODY ST (via overpass)
0.3
1145.9
R
W
CLARKE ST
1.2
1147.1
R
N
BARNET HWY (to Burnaby)
8.6
1155.7
BR
W
BARNET HWY / INLET DR / HASTINGS ST
2.5
1158.2
L
S
FELL AVE (to Frances St - bike route)
0.1
1158.3
R
W
FRANCES ST (to Vancouver)
3.2
1161.5
L
S
ENGLETON AVE
0.2
1161.7
R
W
UNION ST (x Boundary Rd) ADANAC ST - bike route
4.4
1166.1
LR
S / W
VERNON ST / UNION ST
1.5
1167.6
CO
W
GEORGIA VIADUCT (x Main St) bike lane
1.8
1169.4
CO
NW
DUNSMUIR ST - bike lane (x Burrard St) MELVILLE ST
0.7
1170.1
L
W
W PENDER ST / W GEORGIA ST
0.3
CONTROL #14 -  downtown Vancouver
1170.4
BR
NW / N
STANLEY PARK CAUSEWAY/LIONS GATE BRIDGE
4.9
1175.3
CO
E
MARINE DR (North Vancouver)
0.3
1175.6
R
S
LOWER CAPILANO RD
0.7
1176.3
L
E
WELCH ST
0.5
1176.8
R
S
GARDEN AVE
0.1
1176.9
L
E
1ST ST W
2.2
1179.1
BR
E / SE
1ST / 2ND / 3RD St W
0.3
1179.4
R
S
FORBES AVE
0.4
1179.8
L
E
ESPLANADE ST / LOW LEVEL RD
3.2
1183
BR
E
COTTON DR / MAIN ST
1.1
1184.1
CO
E
MAIN ST / DOLLARTON HWY / DEEP COVE RD
8.4
1192.5
BR
E
GALLANT AVE - to end (Deep Cove)
0.2
CONTROL #15 -  Deep Cove (North Vancouver)
1192.7
T
W
GALLANT AVE/DEEP COVE RD/DOLLARTON HWY
8.6
1201.3
FINISH CONTROL - Main St & Mountain Hwy N. Van

 

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