Columbia River Tour 2026 Multi Day, Int, 260km, 1500m, DonHollingshead

This tour replaces the cancelled Golden Triangle event.  

Parks Canada will not approve another Golden Triangle tour.   So EVCC is shifting gears and will run a 3 day event along the Columbia River between Radium and Golden, the flattest and least busy (traffic wise) section of the former GT route.

Join us for a 3 day adventure in the Columbia Valley.  Dotted by small farms, fields of dandelions, grazing horses and flanked by snow capped peaks, Hwy 95 and its paved shoulders threads its way between Golden and Radium.  We ride along the Columbia River between these towns (Golden-Radium-Golden, 100 km each way) for 2 days with a shuttle available up to the Radium Hot Springs for a soak on Friday evening.  On Sunday, those who would like can tackle a 30km ride (1km vertical) up Kicking Horse Canyon to the Yoho Park Gate then 30km back to Golden.

The optional Sunday climb from Golden to the Yoho Park Gate starts early enough to avoid much of the traffic on Hwy 1 which is eastbound later in the afternoon.  The Kicking Horse Canyon twinning of the Trans Canada Highway added shoulders to this stretch of highway. The work is an engineering marvel, very scenic and is best viewed from the saddle of a bicycle.

We meet up at Golden Travelodge Friday May 22 for a 10 AM start.  Parking is available there for all.  We will support you with baggage transfers plus fuel stops each day where we serve fruit, energy snacks, sandwiches to order and provide water and Gatorade to refill water bottles (dietary preferences can be accommodated).  You will need to book your own accommodation at the 2 recommended hotels: Radium Prestige Hotel for May 22 and Golden Travelodge* for May 23.  (Golden Travelodge will allow all participants to park at their hotel for the weekend.)

If you want to camp instead, try Redstreak Campground in Radium and Golden Municipal Campground.  

The registration fee covers volunteer expenses, luggage and hot springs shuttles and snacks and lunches along the route.  A mechanic will accompany us.  We need at least 40 participants to break even on this event.  Surplus funds will be returned to participants.

View the route maps here.

*To book with Golden  Travelodge, phone them directly (250-344-2915) rather than using the Travelodge central reservation system.  Tell them you are with the EVCC so they know you will be part of the weekend parking arrangement.

Kicking Horse Canyon