Mountain Biking in Squamish| Once the snow melts and the vancouverites have retired their skis and snowboards for the season, the toys of summer are pulled out. The Sea to Sky Country, the local nickname for the area around Squamish and Whistler, north of Vancouver offers as much variety for mountain bikers as it does for skiiers -- wide open X-country ski trails, old logging roads leading to magnificent stands of old growth cedar, and some of the gnarliest and most technically difficult riding imagineable. -Kasey Wilson, Best Places Vancouver |

Squamish has a lot of mountain biking, suitable to all levels of ability. The numbersdepend on were you draw the boundaries, but there are at least 140 trails suitable to all levels and abilities that are accessible without going too far away. Favourite areas include the Cheekeye Fan, Alice Lake, and Crumpet woods. the dedicated can try parts of the Test of Metal Route in order to get ready for the big race. |