1) Start: @~sea level/Hwy 99, Howe Sound: max. elev 160m.
(Squamish River, Howe Sound confluence: sea level).
2) Ascending grade to 15%, Hwy 99, Pemberton Valley to Cayoosh Pass.
3) Descending 447m in 6.2 km (Seton Lake dam) Fraser River elevation:
229m @bridge crossing at Lillooet.
4) Fountain 527m, Pavilion 676m, Marble Canyon Provincial park
(just east of summit).
5) Ascending grade to 11%. Route elevation 'high point'
(~1000m elevation gain, Ashcroft to Highland Valley Summit).
6) Continue on - Spences Bridge ( Hwy 8), route bypasses Merritt.
(5km E to Merritt, if for stopover, and/or supplies).
7) 37 km south of Lytton (24 hour food/gas).
8) Thompson and Fraser River confluence. Lytton elevation: 195m,
Hell's Gate elevation: 323m.
9) Ascending 8% grade for 6 km.
10) Ascending grade of 9% west of Princeton.
2006 Pacific Range Explorer
ride notes - by Jeff Schlingloff
Start time was 04:30, on Saturday, Aug. 5/06.
Start Location: Main & Mountain hwy PetroCan, North Vancouver.
Finish location: Water Avenue Chevron, Hope (Aug. 8/06)
Elapsed time: 70hrs 49mins.
Weather: Sunny & seasonably hot afternoon temps. - in the Lillooet area,
Fraser Canyon & Nicola Valley.
Comfortable night and early morning riding temperatures and weather
conditions, all sections of the route.
Winds: Strong (Spences Bridge - Lytton) & Interior Plateau, (Merritt -
Aspen Grove) sections.
12,900 m (42,500 ft) accumulated elevation gain.
Sleep stops: in Cache Creek (Saturday night), Hope (Sunday night)
Aftermath
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"...There were two 1000 km route offerings for the August 2006 long weekend (5th-8th). Though there was interest shown for Stephen Hinde's
CCC 1000 (Cariboo Clockwise from Clearbrook), in the end no one attempted it.
Jeff Schlingloff did ride the other 1000 - a route he designed based on the
'Switchback 1000', but with the easy Fraser Valley parts snipped out.
I thought the route was just insane enough to rate a mention in the newsletter..."
Eric Fergusson has completed 3
'Cariboo Loop 1000' Brevets to date, this is his 2009 ride story: 'riding the time line'.
additional pages: BC history & road climb info
Route historical timeline
19th century to current era.
with archival photographs & maps
BC territory history - trails - roads
highway summit & ski resort - road climbs - B.C. & Washington
compiled by Jeff Schlingloff - ©2006,2007