Circumnavigating Valhalla

The Resource Road network between Slocan and the Columbia River provides many tempting possibilities for the gravel enthusiast.  I’ve been contemplating the idea of circumnavigating the Valhallas on a gravel bike for some time now.  After a fair amount of research, Svein Tuft and  decided to give it a go.  We did the trip as an overnight adventure in late July.  Having completed the route in good fashion, we wondered what it would be like to do it as a day trip.

We picked a cool day and left my place in Slocan a 0430 in the morning.  By headlamp, we headed south from Slocan via the Little Slocan resource road and up Koch Creek to a low pass.

Having skied a fair bit in that area, I often wondered if the pass was passable by bike in the summer. Lo and behold it does, at a grade four  bushwhack.

Find the full trip report here.