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Bikepacking Route: Circling Valhalla
Valhalla Provincial Park is a hidden gem that protects a spectacular subrange of the Selkirk Mountains in the West Kootenay Region of British Columbia. It…
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Bikepacking Route: John Day Explorer
Eastern Oregon features some of the most rugged landscapes in the Pacific Northwest, with layered canyons, vast high-desert plains, multi-coloured rock formations, forested plateaus, and…
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Bikepacking Route: Fraser Canyon Adventure
The Fraser Canyon is one of British Columbia’s most dramatic landscapes. Carving through a huge swath of southern BC from Williams Lake south to Hope,…
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Bikepacking Route: Tua Chua Detour
Tua Chua is a remote, seldom-visited region of Dien Bien Phu Province in northwest Vietnam. The region is situated on a plateau located between a…
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Return to Peru, Part 5: The Final Stretch
I reached Cotahuasi after a tough five-day stretch on the bike, so I decided to take two days off there before tackling the remaining distance…
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Return to Peru, Part 4: To the Bottom of Cotahuasi Canyon
I was pretty happy after my three-day crossing from Andamarca to Challuanca. The route was remote, diverse, and spectacular, and I wondered if the rest…
Alex Cooper
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