CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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Out of Squamish and back again: 334 km, roughly 6 h 44 in the saddle. On the way it passes Aldergrove and near Birch Bay. The climb of the day is Near Aldergrove, on the way back. It tops out at about 1,200 m. It crosses from Canada into United States - carry ID and check the toll rules.
Squamish sits at the head of Howe Sound, about an hour north of Vancouver along the Sea-to-Sky Highway, and the first thing that hits you is the Stawamus Chief. This massive granite monolith rises sheer above the town and the highway, one of the largest granite formations in the world, and on any fine day you will see climbers inching up its faces.
Read the complete Photo stop near Squamish write-up.
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Photo stop near Squamish is where the day begins. Next is Vancouver / British Columbia return.
Mount Baker owns the skyline here. On a clear day the volcano rises white and enormous above the Fraser Valley, across the border in Washington State, and it seems much closer than it is. This stop lies in the farmland east of Aldergrove, between Langley and Abbotsford, a landscape of berry fields, dairy farms and horse paddocks, with the Fraser River to the north and the border just a few kilometres south.
Read the complete Near Aldergrove, on the way back write-up.
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You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Food stop near Birch Bay.
Birch Bay is a wide, shallow, crescent-shaped bay on the coast of Whatcom County, just south of the Canadian border, and at low tide the water retreats a long way, exposing vast flats of sand where children dig for clams and look for sand dollars. In summer, the incoming tide flows over the sun-warmed sand and the water becomes noticeably warmer than elsewhere in the area, making it one of the more pleasant places to swim in the chilly waters of the Salish Sea.
Read the complete Birch Bay write-up.
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A break here. Next is Back to Mount Baker.
Back to Mount Baker closes the day.
Photo stop near Squamish → Near Aldergrove, on the way back is 97 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Birch Bay → Back to Mount Baker Cross-Border Loop is 107 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.