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definitely an awesome route, I love a good bridge crossing!

yup also true haha

hey, unfortunately the highway segments that interrupt the trail are full highway segments, no physical protection whatsoever.

hmm I'm really unsure. I honestly had not considered what hikers do at this section.

thank you! and yeah I wish there was a better way to Squamish..

thanks very much!

awe thank you so much, really glad you enjoyed it!

oooh didn't notice that, nice!

thanks! and honestly it worked perfectly. (though strapping and unstrapping each day way a major pain, but I also didn't have a longer strap which would have helped.

@@JordanVegBike I actually got excited by the idea of having a waist bag as the strap. A couple of more pockets for the ride, and more organization in camp. Great job. Keep rocking.

Squamish and Whistler is only about 65km on the trail but quite a bit of elevation.

awe thank you so much!

you definitely should! and yeah that sign 😂

yup, Instagram and TikTok lied to me! 😂 Guess a calm park isn't that outrage-worthy hey?

definitely the timing is going to be the most important part. let me know how it goes if you do it!

definitely a fun trip, that hotspring was so nice. I don't know why but I think I got very lucky with everything. There were only a handful of people at the hotspring campground and overall traffic was pretty light. Definitely had one or two yahoo despite that, not sure how many more I could reasonably handle.

ooh love this question. With the exception of the drone shots everything was actually taken with the latest iPhone! (I returned it after tho, quality was good but still not quite there. Impressive for a phone for sure.

@@JordanVegBike right on! That portrait mode video (or fake bokeh or whatever it's called!) is def impressive!

@@cameron.h.russell oooh I actually didn't even try that feature!

thanks glad you liked it! Though funny I didn't actually have it anywhere nearby while I was sleeping haha. Should it be in my hammock with me?

honk honk love it

thank you very much, glad you liked the narration. it's always the part that I procrastinate on because it makes me nervous.

thanks for joining, glad you enjoyed!

I did the West Harrison / Inshuckchuck last year on a KLR. It was nice. The ugly section by the north end of Harrison Lake has been fixed. The worst is that it isn't well packed down, so traction will feel a touch sketchy. And I mean just a touch. Otherwise go for it.

you mean the Harrison/Lillooet Lake route? If a bike can handle it then you could for sure. If you mean The Sea to Sky Trail then motorized vehicles aren't allowed (with the exception of ebikes).

@@JordanVegBike I did mean tye sea to sky. I don't care that "they" don't want motorized vehicles, I'll do 8t anyway, provided It is doable on my dual sport of course.

@@davejoe2592 cool 👍

it's the Whistler Bungee bridge a bit south of Whistler.

thank you!!

I'm bare aware! Maybe not bare worried anymore though...

awe thank you so much for the really kind words.

glad you enjoyed :)

Yup. If the BC Government/Metro Vancouver/BC Hydro wanted to they could develop a route or allow bikes/hikers to use the existing access roads. I think they are partially motivated by mitigating wildfire risk, which is fair.

@@JordanVegBike Definitely wildfire mitigation. I've driven enough FSRs to see what kind of garbage gets dumped and illegal campfires started and left behind. I'm pretty sure I've put out 2 or 3 on my own that I've stumbled across. But maybe if you have to cycle/hike it, you're going to get more of a crowd with... integrity.

@@MidnightPolak yeah I definitely don't think opening it up to public vehicle access is a good idea whatsoever. But partnering with the Trans Canada Trail, BC Hydro, Metro Van, Squamish Nation, etc and having designated campsites with pit toilets etc could be a really great hiking/cycling route and open up Squamish, Whistler etc. But again political will.

smoked tofu! It's great because it can go without refrigeration for a few days if necessary.

@@JordanVegBikethanks, something about that shot made me wanna try that exact meal, im vegan btw

@@rashs6302 yup, a classic bikepacking meal for sure.

yup good catch on that one! Unfortunately there are a few sections where the trail ends and puts you on the highway. That curve is the start of a 5km highway section, mostly downhill at least. I think you could cross a few dozen meters further up and have slightly less of a curve, but yeah it is still quite sketchy. Had to trust my ears on this one. (Luckily cars are very loud, even when you can't see them)

ooh figured it was something like that, thank you!

the hotsprings have a campground but there is a short path down to the river/springs that you'll have to walk.

it's a Fairdale gravel bike. Pretty solid I'd say.

@@JordanVegBike thank you

thanks Cyrus!

good question and close, I ended up at Wood Lake as it was almost getting dark.

yeah the views and location really helped distract me for sure. no complaints!

thank you so much, Nic!

ahaha perhaps ;)

@@JordanVegBike I'll have to inquire about your Vancouver sea-to-sky ride. The fondo killed me dead hahahah

thank ya!

thank you so much! Do you mean the section of the lake where there are a few boats and logs floating? It's part of a logging operation. I believe logs are floated to this site from other places along the lakeshore and then put on trucks, weighed, and transported for further processing or shipping. The day after there were a few logging trucks using the road but none the day before.

totally great on a gravel bike, especially the Sea to Sky Trail section. For the lakes a mountain bike might have been fun but the gravel bike did totally fine.

thank you very much Jalen!

aha thank you! Still working on it. Next week might mean next month at my rate 😂

Yes definitely! Going up to Whistler is a bit hilly but the distance is not long at all, so very doable.