Tour Pacific

Vancouver to Calgary via the Icefields Parkway

Tour Pacific is a bicycle tour from Vancouver to Calgary via the Icefields Parkway. Experience western Canada with its breathtaking views of mountains and glaciers.

Cycle through British Columbia & Alberta

Cycling will be on paved roads, although there can be construction and there are optional upaved suggestions. Services in some areas can be minimal and riders will pass through remote areas with spectacular scenery.

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Spectacular B.C. & Alberta

Following the Fraser River to Cowboy Country

Start in Vancouver, B.C. From Vancouver, ride on the north side of the Fraser River Valley until we reach the Coast Mountains. Our pass through this range is the Fraser River Canyon. Past Hell's Gate, we reach the junction of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers. Then we follow the Nicola River, passing by big ranches where cowboys still do the roundups on horseback.

North Thompson River and Mount Robson

Follow the North Thompson River almost to the base of Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. There is climbing but the route over Yellowhead Pass to Jasper is relatively easy.

The Columbia Icefields, Jasper, Lake Louise and Banff

Visit Jasper, an historic townsite in the Rockies and explore Jasper National Park.

From Jasper follow the Athabasca and Sunwapta Rivers – we're on the world renowned Icefields Parkway where we view the the Columbia Icefields a 325 square kilometre field of ice and snow that overflows into 8 spectacular glaciers.

At the Icefields cross into Banff National Park and make our way to the Saskatchewan River Crossing, or The Crossing. We'll ride through the Mistaya River valley to the highest point of the Parkway which is the Bow Summit at 2056 metres. We stay in Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, 15 km south has excellent hiking trails.

Then it's along the Bow River to Banff and down through the foothills to Calgary.