Why this ride
114 km one way from Anmore - plan on about 2 h 04 of riding. Vancouver / British Columbia is the high point. It tops out at about 1,100 m. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Duffy Lake Road Loop · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 114 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 04
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Sea-to-Sky Highway
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 77 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 77 km
- Named road
- Sea-to-Sky Highway
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fuel stop near Anmore
Anmore is a small, wooded village in the hills above Port Moody, just east of Indian Arm, the steep fjord that runs north off Burrard Inlet. It is a quiet, semi-rural place, with large lots, forest and a strong sense of being on the edge of the wilderness, despite being only half an hour from downtown Vancouver.
Read the complete Fuel stop near Anmore write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Duffy Lake Road Loop is where the day begins. Next is Vancouver / British Columbia return.
2. Vancouver / British Columbia return
The nearest town of any size is Squamish, twenty-odd kilometres to the north-east, and Lions Bay, a small village clinging to the opposite shore, is more than thirty kilometres away. What lies between is steep forested slope, small lakes and rock, with the Tantalus Range showing its white shoulders to the east.
Read the complete Vancouver / British Columbia return write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Duffy Lake Road Loop food stop.
3. Sechelt
The Sunshine Coast is not an island, but it might as well be. Although it is part of the mainland of British Columbia, no road connects it to Vancouver; you have to take a ferry from Horseshoe Bay across Howe Sound to Langdale, and the forty-minute crossing, through a fjord of forested mountains, sets the tone for a place that feels removed from the rush of the city. Sechelt, the main town, sits on a narrow isthmus between the Strait of Georgia and the long, sheltered Sechelt Inlet.
Read the complete Sechelt write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 148 km.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop near Anmore to Vancouver / British Columbia return
Fuel stop near Anmore → Vancouver / British Columbia return is 69 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Vancouver / British Columbia return to Sechelt
Vancouver / British Columbia return → Sechelt is 45 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
More motorcycle rides nearby
- Sea-to-Sky Highway (138 km) · 127 km
- Sunshine Coast Ferry Ride · part 2 · 255 km
- Mount Baker Cross-Border Loop · part 1 · 106 km