BC Bike Race

What’s holding you back?
8

days

310

km

9,200

up

4/5
BC Bike Race | logo | painting of kind of wolf and text | MultidayMTB
BC Bike Race is far more than a race. While it may be the best seven days you’ve ever had on a mountain bike. BC Bike Race is an adventure and an experience. It’s a tour of British Columbia’s West Coast – the trails, the towns, the lifestyle.Amazing singletrack, unforgettable locations, exceptional organization and management of multiple venues and experiences. There’s something different about BC, even how we get around.
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stage

km

ascent

trail

1
4 km
170 m
North Vancouver
2
41 km
1,649 m
Cowichan Valley
3
40 km
1,183 m
Cumberland
4
26 km
833 m
Cumberland
5
49 km
1,008 m
Powell River
6
49 km
1,350 m
Earl’s Cove – Sechelt
7
49 km
1,403 m
Sechelt – Langdale
8
53 km
1,816 m
Squamish
BC Bike Race is the brainchild of a passionate group of longtime mountain bike and adventure race professionals based on the West Coast of British Columbia. Our love for the spectacular terrain and phenomenal riding on the West Coast, coupled with a strong desire to share it with the World, spawned the concept of this epic stage race. Our undying enthusiasm, extensive experience and commitment to nothing less than success has brought it to life. Giving back to the communities and mountain biking in general is just naturally a part of us doing business and an an integral part of our success over the last decade.
That said here are just a few of the ways we support the amazing people who help to make our race happen. Financial donations towards key trail building projects, membership in the NSMBA TAP (Trail Adoption Program), volunteer trail days with our extensive BC Bike Race crew, financial donations to both mountain bike and other non-profit community oriented organizations, grassroots event support throughout our province, sponsorship of community riders, our Kazlaw Community contest and multi-faceted support of the BC High School Championships.
All of that aside, we introduce British Columbia and these amazing coastal communities and mountain bike meccas to 600 international racers each year and in doing so have a strong impact on the local economies and British Columbia tourism in general. BC Bike Race is far more than a race. While it may be the best seven days you’ve ever had on a mountain bike, that’s only part of the story. BC Bike Race is an adventure and an experience. It’s a tour of British Columbia’s West Coast – the trails, the towns, the lifestyle. There’s something different about BC, even how we get around.
Endurance
4/5
Overall
4/5
Technic
5/5
Days
5/5
Distance
2/5
Up/down
3/5

Explanation

Overall ​Upwards rounded rating baesd on the avarage score of ​endurance, technic, ​days, distance and up/down. Unfortunately the judgment undoubtedly contains subjective elements, please make your own assessments and prepare well!

Endurance Requirements for endurance (unfortunately the judgment undoubtedly contains subjective elements, please make your own assessments and prepare well!).
1 star basic endurance required. 2 stars above average endurance required. 3 stars above average endurance required, partly due to extreme or changing weather conditions (hot, cold, rain, mud, etc.). 4 stars more than above average endurance required, including due to extreme or changing weather conditions. 5 stars way above average endurance / professional endurance, including due to extreme or changing weather conditions. 

Technic Indication of the technical difficulty of the average stages (unfortunately the judgment undoubtedly contains subjective elements, please make your own assessments and prepare well!).
1 star flat or slightly sloping roads with a level surface and/or asfaltos, no or hardly no singletracks. 2 stars mainly off road, but flat or slightly sloping roads with a level surface and some singletracks. 3 stars mainly off-road with single tracks, roots and / or rocks and / or sandy parts in hilly surroundings. 4 stars mainly off road with singletracks, roots and/or rocks and/or sandy pieces including steep climbs and/or downhills in mountainous surroundings. 5 stars mainly off-road, technical passages, steep climbs, fast descents including natural jumps and drops, changing surfaces both up and down.

Days Number of days of the event.
1 star 2 days or less. 2 stars 3 days. 3 stars 4 days. 4 stars 5 days. 5 stars 6 days or more

Distance Average kilometers per stage.
1 star 40 km or less. 2 stars 40- 59 km. 3 stars 60- 79 km. 4 stars 80 - 99 km. 5 stars 100 km or more. 

Up/down Average uphill meters per stage.
1 star 500 meters or less. 2 stars 501 - 1,000 meters. 3 stars 1,001 - 1,500 meters. 4 stars 1,501 - 2,000 meters. 5 stars 2,001 meters or more.

BC Bike Race

What’s holding you back?
8

days

310

km

9,200

up

4/5
BC Bike Race is far more than a race. While it may be the best seven days you’ve ever had on a mountain bike. BC Bike Race is an adventure and an experience. It’s a tour of British Columbia’s West Coast – the trails, the towns, the lifestyle.Amazing singletrack, unforgettable locations, exceptional organization and management of multiple venues and experiences. There’s something different about BC, even how we get around.
BC Bike Race Placeholder
BC Bike Race
BC Bike Race (overlay) Placeholder
BC Bike Race (overlay)

stage

km

ascent

1
4 km
170 m
2
41 km
1,649 m
3
40 km
1,183 m
4
26 km
833 m
5
49 km
1,008 m
6
49 km
1,350 m
7
49 km
1,403 m
8
53 km
1,816 m
BC Bike Race is the brainchild of a passionate group of longtime mountain bike and adventure race professionals based on the West Coast of British Columbia. Our love for the spectacular terrain and phenomenal riding on the West Coast, coupled with a strong desire to share it with the World, spawned the concept of this epic stage race. Our undying enthusiasm, extensive experience and commitment to nothing less than success has brought it to life. Giving back to the communities and mountain biking in general is just naturally a part of us doing business and an an integral part of our success over the last decade.
That said here are just a few of the ways we support the amazing people who help to make our race happen. Financial donations towards key trail building projects, membership in the NSMBA TAP (Trail Adoption Program), volunteer trail days with our extensive BC Bike Race crew, financial donations to both mountain bike and other non-profit community oriented organizations, grassroots event support throughout our province, sponsorship of community riders, our Kazlaw Community contest and multi-faceted support of the BC High School Championships.
All of that aside, we introduce British Columbia and these amazing coastal communities and mountain bike meccas to 600 international racers each year and in doing so have a strong impact on the local economies and British Columbia tourism in general. BC Bike Race is far more than a race. While it may be the best seven days you’ve ever had on a mountain bike, that’s only part of the story. BC Bike Race is an adventure and an experience. It’s a tour of British Columbia’s West Coast – the trails, the towns, the lifestyle. There’s something different about BC, even how we get around.

BC Bike Race

What’s holding you back?
8

days

310

km

9,200

up

4/5
BC Bike Race is far more than a race. While it may be the best seven days you’ve ever had on a mountain bike. BC Bike Race is an adventure and an experience. It’s a tour of British Columbia’s West Coast – the trails, the towns, the lifestyle.Amazing singletrack, unforgettable locations, exceptional organization and management of multiple venues and experiences. There’s something different about BC, even how we get around.
BC Bike Race Placeholder
BC Bike Race
BC Bike Race (overlay) Placeholder
BC Bike Race (overlay)
BC Bike Race is the brainchild of a passionate group of longtime mountain bike and adventure race professionals based on the West Coast of British Columbia. Our love for the spectacular terrain and phenomenal riding on the West Coast, coupled with a strong desire to share it with the World, spawned the concept of this epic stage race. Our undying enthusiasm, extensive experience and commitment to nothing less than success has brought it to life. Giving back to the communities and mountain biking in general is just naturally a part of us doing business and an an integral part of our success over the last decade.
That said here are just a few of the ways we support the amazing people who help to make our race happen. Financial donations towards key trail building projects, membership in the NSMBA TAP (Trail Adoption Program), volunteer trail days with our extensive BC Bike Race crew, financial donations to both mountain bike and other non-profit community oriented organizations, grassroots event support throughout our province, sponsorship of community riders, our Kazlaw Community contest and multi-faceted support of the BC High School Championships.
All of that aside, we introduce British Columbia and these amazing coastal communities and mountain bike meccas to 600 international racers each year and in doing so have a strong impact on the local economies and British Columbia tourism in general. BC Bike Race is far more than a race. While it may be the best seven days you’ve ever had on a mountain bike, that’s only part of the story. BC Bike Race is an adventure and an experience. It’s a tour of British Columbia’s West Coast – the trails, the towns, the lifestyle. There’s something different about BC, even how we get around.