Touring - Biking The Coquihalla Hwy In BC

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leftcoast
08-05-09, 05:44 PM
Hi Everyone

I want to bike from Hope up to the old toll booth to prep for a Rocky Mnt tour. I will camp somewher over night and come back the next day. Has any one done the Coquihalla Hwy and if so what was it like. I could do the Fraser Canyon but if I can pull off the Coq it would be better. 50 km's to the old booth so I figure 1 day of climbing. Any thoughts

Thx


Machka
08-05-09, 05:56 PM
Are bicycles allowed on the Coquihalla? If they are, the road is decent.

arctos
08-05-09, 07:18 PM
The climb from the Great Bear Snowshed to Coquihalla Pass has a section of 11% grade.

Coquihalla Pass rises 1184m in 49.0km, the bulk of it (780m) in 17.6km.

From: http://www.vanc.igs.net/~roughley/bike_bc.html (http://www.vanc.igs.net/%7Eroughley/bike_bc.html)


Big Lew
08-07-09, 10:23 PM
see your post in "western canada"