Our Great Canadian Bike Ride!: Day 5: (May 9) Sunshine Valley to Manning Park 47.8km

Welcome to our blog!

We are three young women embarking on a cross Canada cycling trip! We will be starting May 5th from Victoria, B.C, making our way

East to St John’s, Newfoundland, spanning over >7000km. We are planning to stay mostly in campsites, but will indulge now and then in a roof over our heads (be it a hotel/motel/holiday inn, friends/family, or couchsurfing/warm showers). We will be carrying all our gear on our bikes, including tents and camping equipment.

This is by faaaar our biggest cycling adventure yet, and, after a LOT of planning and practice, we are so excited to get rolling!

Feel free to contact us with any questions or comments, and please check out our fundraising pages along the side bar!

Thank you!

Claire, Julie & Nina

Monday, May 9, 2016

Day 5: (May 9) Sunshine Valley to Manning Park 47.8km

We continued climbing up on the Crowsnest Highway through E.C. Manning Park to Allisons Pass Summit. It was another hard day of climbing, but on a more gradual hill. It was interesting to ride beside snow, because it meant we were up at the top of the snow capped mountains we had been admiring the days before.

For the night we slept in Manning Lodge. It was still early in the season, and the campgrounds were not open yet. On the grounds of the lodge were Columbian Ground Squirrels who would come right up and say hello!