Welcome to the beautiful and diverse landscapes of the Shuswap – North Okanagan. Enjoy the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of nature as you explore on your bike some of over 1500 kilometers of paved back roads in the area. Along each day’s cycling route we can enjoy short walks, visits to local wineries, swimming beaches, bird watching “hot spots”, scenic view points and cycle-friendly local cafes. Our base for the week will be at Sorrento Centre on Shuswap Lake, 35K northwest of Salmon Arm via Highway 1.
It’s strawberry season in the Shuswap!  See Itinerary below for Ride details.

Check out the Shuswap – North Okanagan Cycle Touring Map-Guide
here: http://www.shuswaptrails.com/cycle.php or here:
https://shuswaptourism.ca/do/outdoor-adventure/biking-listings/
Copies of this map-guide will be distributed during on-site registration or you can request free copies be delivered to you by mail. Call Shuswap Tourism’s Stephanie Goodey at the Columbia – Shuswap Regional District office (250) 833-5947 to request free copies. 

Participants will be aware of and follow the current “CCCTS Staying Safe: Guidelines for 2021 – Adapting Hub & Spokes and Tours to meet COVID-19 Health and Safety Regulations“

Our comfortable base for the week will be Sorrento Centre on Shuswap Lake, 35K northwest of Salmon Arm via Highway 1 on the west side of the village of Sorrento. Sorrento Centre Site Map here

Website:  https://www.sorrentocentre.ca/contact,  https://www.sorrentocentre.ca/

Address: 1159 Passchendaele Road  PO Box 99, Sorrento, BC  Canada V0E 2W0
Phone: 250-675-2421, Toll free: 1-866-694-2409,   Email: reception@sorrento-centre.bc.ca

Sorrento Centre offers a variety of accommodations: Lodge rooms, Cabanas, RV sites and tent camping and a choice of Meal plans. Meals are served at the Richardson Lodge Dining Room and the adjacent outdoor picnic tables.
See Meals and Accommodations rates and options here.  

Online reservations for Accommodations and Meals, using the Sorrento Centre online reservation system, will open on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 8:30 a.m.  Please register directly with Sorrento Centre online or Call Toll free: 1-866-694-2409.

Reservation instruction details from Sorrento Centre will be e-mailed to participating cyclists by the Ride Leaders.   

Quiet, scenic paved back roads thru rural areas of farmland, lakes, river valleys, forests and hills. Lots of variety with low traffic volume.  

A lead cyclist and a sweep cyclist will be serving each of the two – three groups each day. 

The $25 fee includes:

• paper route maps.
• Ride with GPS digital route files are available and will be posted  on the Club’s Ride with GPS Route Library: look for “2021 Sorrento Hub & Spoke Routes”.
• snacks and local strawberries during late afternoon physically distanced socials.

Accommodation and meals. 
Transportation to and from ride starting points mid-week: 
Armstrong is 70K south of Sorrento Centre.
Salmon Arm is 35K south of Sorrento Centre. 

On-site Registration on Monday, June 21 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in front of Spes Bona. 
See Sorrento Centre Site Map here.
Casual Meet and Greet,  Route Maps and Instructions will be distributed. Sign your CCCTS waiver. Get settled in.

A lead cyclist and a sweep cyclist will be serving each of the groups each day.  Paper route maps will be provided. Ride with GPS digital route files are available and will be posted  on the Club’s Ride with GPS Route Library: Look for “2021 Sorrento Routes”.

First Ride: Monday at 3:15 p.m. in front of Spes Bona:
A one to two hour 20K – 30K bike ride will leave Sorrento Centre at 3:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon.   

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 9 a.m. in front of Spes Bona:
A 30K – 50K and a 70K – 80K ride will be offered each day either from Sorrento, Salmon Arm or Armstrong. Be prepared to transport your bike(s) by car from Sorrento Centre to Salmon Arm and Armstrong cycling start point “Hubs”.   

Last Ride: Friday at 9 a.m. in front of Spes Bona: 
A 30K – 40K and/or a 60K ride will be offered leaving from Sorrento Centre before heading home.  

We will try to arrange for one or two interesting and informative presentations by  local speakers. Perhaps a Secwépemc First Nations representative or a local naturalist or a local historian from Salmon Arm Museum  or Enderby Museum with the aim of better connecting you to the people and regions in which we will be cycling.  

This Ride was postponed from June 2020 due to COVID. The ride's Go List and Wait List of participating cyclists was communicated to previously registered cyclists on February 2, 2021. 2020 Go List cyclists' responses to a January 14, 2021 e-mail Invitation with several ride related questions guided the Go List selection along with each cyclist's assigned lottery number from the 2020 ride. 

This ride is full. No new registrations will be accepted. 

Your $25 Registration fee is considered non-refundable in the event of cancellation, unless the cancellation is covid-19 related.

A September 6-10, 2021 Sorrento Centre based Hub & Spoke is being organized for new registrations.  Sorrento Centre currently (as of Feb. 3, 2021) has the weeks of Monday, September 20 - 24 and Monday, September 27 - Oct. 1 open for CCCTS members to organize additional new Hub & Spoke rides in the area. Contact the Club's Hub & Spoke Director for details and assistance.