Pacific Rim National Park Beach Ride

Today we woke up at the crack of 10:20, and got our bikes ready for a beach ride.

Riding Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park

Cool patterns in the sand

We bike all the way down to where the rock outcrops won't allow us to go any farther. It's about 7km so far.

This is as far as we can go along the beach

We back track a bit and then hop on the paved bike trail Apsciik Tasii ( pronounced ups-cheek ta-shee) A First Nations Elders group came up with the name and it means "going in the right direction on the path" with deeper meanings related to personal journeys, mindfulness and respect. 

The trail connects Tofino and Ucluelet, which is a wonderful addition to the area. 

Multi-use trail between Tofino and Ucluelet. 

We bike about 5km of paved trail back to the Combers Beach entrance and then we are back biking on the beach again. 

 

Combers Beach entrance trail

The tide was on its way out and there was at least a ribbon of 200 m of hard pack sand riding surface. Bike riding is such a great way to see the beach and the beauty as you can cover a long distance. 

 

Expansive beach especially at low tide. 

We went from one end of the beach to the other end of the beach and back, approximately 21 km of riding including around 5 km on the Ucluelet to Tofino multi-use path through the thick forest.

We topped the day off with a cup of tea sitting in our beach chairs watching the tide continue to go out with surfers in the distance.