Welcome to Road and Trail

This is a motorcycling enthusiast website created and actively maintained by a longtime motorcycle rider. Here you will find well documented BC motorcycle riding routes, motorcycle reviews, motorcycle servicing information, plus some additional content. The riding routes are divided into paved roads (primarily) and dual sport / adventure (varied surfaces). Portions of some of the routes are suitable for off-road motorcycles. Have fun, and ride safe.

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CRF300L and DR650SE, Kettle River FSR at Hwy 6, 2025.
2023 Honda CRF300L Review

Owner review of the 2023 Honda CRF300L. Applicable to the 2021 - 2024 model years. Some small updates to the 2025 bikes.

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View from Gunnar FSR, 2025
Harris Creek Rd, Home Rd, Gunnar FSR, Kettle River FSR

Harris Creek Road (off Creighton Valley Road, SE of Lumby), Home Road, Gunnar FSR, Kettle River FSR, south to Winnifred Falls, north to Hwy 6 and back to Lumby. View of Monashee Mountains.

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2024 Honda NX500, Lumby Mabel Lake Road
2024 Honda NX500 Review

Owner review of the 2024 Honda NX500. Applicable to the 2024 - 2026 model years.

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Ireland Creek FSR (2020)
Silver Hills

The route is a combination of gravel roads and forest service roads. Great views of the mountains and valleys. Lakes. Accessed via Lumby-Mabel Lake Road. Squaw Valley Road to Ireland Creek FSR to Silver Hills FSR to Sigalet Road. About 52 km. Last ridden in Sept 2025.

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Bridge over Shuswap River, Lumby - Mabel Lake Road
Lumby-Mabel Lake Road

A pleasant ride through the countryside past farms, stretches of river, forest and ending at Mabel Lake Provincial Park. The route follows Lumby-Mabel Lake Road and then Mabel Lake FSR. Shuswap Falls and Shuswap River are along the way. Distance is about 37 km each way. Shuswap River Drive option.

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Green Mountain Road (2013)
Green Mountain Road, Apex Mountain Road, Hwy 3A - Penticton, Oliver

Green Mountain Road is the main attraction here - a winding back road with some great scenery and light traffic. Side trip up Apex Mountain Road. Optional route to Oliver from Hwy 3A - Twin Lakes Road, White Lake Road, Fairview White Lake Road, Willowbrook Road, Fairview Road.

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KVR tower along KVR Trail in Brookmere (2012)
Brookmere to Princeton via Brookmere Rd, Coley Rd, Coalmont Rd

The route from Brookmere to Coalmont Road is a narrow dirt and gravel road. Coalmont Road is good gravel to almost Otter Lake. After that it's all paved to Princeton - lots of twisty sections. The route runs through Tulameen and Coalmont, and runs close to (and intersects) the Kettle Valley Railway in a number of places. Very Scenic.

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Hwy 6 (2014)
Nelson to Slocan to New Denver - Hwy 3A, Hwy 6

West from Nelson on Hwy 3A/6, then north to New Denver on Hwy 6. A few good curves and some interesting scenery along the Hwy 3A/6 stretch. Hwy 6 riding gets better the closer you get to New Denver. The riding is excellent north of Slocan. Some nice scenery along the way. Kootenay Lake and River, Slocan River, Crescent Valley Beach Park, Lemon Creek, Slocan, Slocan Lake, Silverton.

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Sugar Lake, Kate FSR (2016)
Sugar Lake, Sugar Lake FSR, Greenbush Lake, Kate FSR

Mostly good gravel, some loose gravel, some pavement from Hwy 6 along Sugar Lake Road, Sugar Lake FSR past Sugar Lake to Greenbush Lake. Some nice scenery along the way. Optional side trips: Rainbow Falls (Monashee Provincial Park) and Kate FSR.

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