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

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