UPDATE April 1st 2026: Spring Packages now live!
North Van Hill Climb: Be the local legend in your back yard!
“Good times and good climbs!” - that’s how we’d sum up this class!
Velosophy North Van Hill Climb takes all the best elements of our other established programs and brings it to the ever climbing roads of North Vancouver. This is an inviting fun class that teaches you strucutrred interval training in a progressive program to make you the local legend in your neighbourhood.
Our focus is primarily on hill repeats at moderate to high intensity, structured intervals i.e. highly efficient workout structures known to elicit best results in the shortest time span. Every once in a while we have a class with less structure and more fun to help keep the atmosphere social & fun but there’s always a challenge and a good workout to be had while introducing the odd skill! Other than that the program is progressive & structured taking your skills up week by week.
This class is low barrier to entry, you don’t need fancy gadgets to participate. So, whether you use a power meter, a heart rate monitor, both or neither, we have you covered and provide you with detailed coaching how to conduct your workouts with your what you have so you get the most efficient workout possible to maximize your gains! Also, this class is for everyone, so no matter your pronouns or your abilities when you arrive we train everyone. We also have multiple levels from novice, intermediate, up to advanced and if sign ups surpass last years we will add more levels each with their own designated coach.
Group riding skills are NOT necessary for these classes, we have planned them in a way to keep commute times low and maximize workout time, this means once we begin, riders spread out and conduct their own workouts relative to their own ability and fitness i.e. no need to hold a wheel, keep up or slow down, you go at your pace using your own targets while coaches float amongst you and the other athletes. We aim to give you as much 1-on-1 time as we can fit into each class.
***The only level we can’t cater to in this class is the “Learn to Ride” stage (i.e. can not ride yet or still learning to ‘clip in’) but if that’s you and you want help then please consider some private training from our services above as we can get you up to speed quickly (no pun intended) and into class if that’s your desire.
Requirements For all classes:
Drop bar specific bike with working gears and brakes gears (ie, a road bike, gravel bike, cyclocross or bike packing bike are acceptable BUT no fixed gears or single speeds please)
Certified 'road specific' helmet
Clip in pedals and shoes - and can confidently use them (as mentioned above, if you’re not at this stage yet we can help you privately to get you to a level where you can join classes with us)
2026 Power Climb Weekday Classes:
Package Dates: April 15th - June 10th
Package Length: 9 WEEKS / 9 Classes
Day & Start Time: Wednesdays 6.15PM
Mixed Groups
Start Locations: Varies, BUT, we frequently use
Class Length: 60-75mins
COSt:
Full 9 Pack: $270
6 Pack: $230
NOTE: For the 6 pack option you may pick any 6 classes from the 9 offered
**NB!!! For either package, you must complete your package within its package dates, there are no carry over or credits for unused classes, please purchase appropriately.
What happens After Registration:
Once registered and paid completed, you will go into a private email list specifically for this class. Every class is preceded by an info email, usually sent the Friday before class only to registered athletes on this class list. Every week this email contains the following:
That weeks meeting location - the image is a link that when clicked on will generate a google pindrop in google maps to the exact meeting location for your class
A weather report - also an image that links to the weather so you can see what to expect for that day
Strava Map of the workout - again, this is a link which when opened using a desktop gives you information of our intended route and workout area (sometimes you can even figure out approximately how many laps or repeats we intend to do that week). The start point of this strava map is NOT always the same as our meeting spot as these maps are generic and don’t always include our commute to the workout area so please always refer to the meeting spot at the top of every email to know where we begin.
Note: It is important to add us to your safe senders list so you receive your weekly emails. It is also useful not to delete your email until class is completed so you can access the google pindrop feature for your class.
To register click the link below, this will lead you to a waiver, every rider must sign this waiver and follow the payment instructions included.