Day 1: The Dash to the Mountains (95)

The proposed first day will see us set out from Downtown Vancouver, and head east towards the towns of Burnaby and Coquitlam where we will join up with #7 highway. This is a busy highway, but not nearly as bad as the Trans-Can (#1). Hopefully it will quieten down past Mission (Mile 40). The route continues up the Fraser Valley with only small rollers to climb until Harrison Mills (Mile 63) where we're faced with a short 2.5 mile, 2.6% Cat-5 climb, coined Heartbreak Hill. Note elevation graph and scale of Y-Axis below: This is the smallest taste of what's in store. Camp at Hope, a town right beside the Fraser River and in the shadows of the mountains.

  

Route along the #7

Panoramic View of the Fraser River and Valley, Mission, BC



Elevation Profile (Day 1)