Adventure & Outdoors
Cycle the Galloping Goose
Fifty-five kilometres of flat, car-free former railway where you can actually talk the whole way and the picnic is mandatory.
Switch Bridge / Galloping Goose trailhead, Gorge
More infoAdventure & Outdoors
Fifty-five kilometres of flat, car-free former railway where you can actually talk the whole way and the picnic is mandatory.
Switch Bridge / Galloping Goose trailhead, Gorge
More infoThe Galloping Goose was a railway before it became Victoria's most sociable bike path. Built on an old rail line, it runs flat, paved and car-free for 55 kilometres toward Sooke, gentle enough to feel athletic without trying. You don't do the whole thing: ride the pretty stretch from Switch Bridge out over the Selkirk Trestle, pack a picnic, and ignore your agreed turnaround the second the view gets good.
Grab bikes downtown (or your own) and ride this flat, car-free rail trail, pick the pretty Switch Bridge stretch out over the soaring Selkirk Trestle and along the Gorge, turning around wherever the legs vote. Pack a picnic and a light layer, since shaded sections run cool, and budget 2 to 3 hours for an easy out-and-back. It's gentle enough to talk the whole way, leaving you loose for a patio reward back in town.
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