Day 2: Climbing the Cascades (83)

Leaving Hope behind, this will be the first day in the mountains. The proposed route would see us hit 3 Cat-2's, along with a Cat-3, a 4 and a 5. This is likely to be one of the toughest days in the tour, as we'll be climbing a total of ~6200 ft (over a mile) in elevation. Sounds like fun!

We would hit the hills fast as well. A Cat-3 (3.4 mile; 3.7%) would be less than 2 miles outside Hope. A Cat-2 follows immediately after at Mile 6 (5.1 miles at 5.1%). This means that by mile 11 we'll would have already climbed 2100 ft.

Entering Manning Provincial Park at mile 21, Allison Pass, the biggest climb of the day, awaits us. The summit of this Cat-2 is 4400 ft (1300 m) high. From there however we descend until mile 58, where the final Cat-2 and 5 await us on the run into Princeton.

Not too many days would be harder than this one... in fact, just the one.

Hope, BC to Princeton, BC through Manning Provincial Park

Panoramic View of the Cascade Mountain Range inside Manning Park

Elevation Profile (Day 2)

Right, I'm off to enjoy Aberdeen!