Banff to Vancouver BC Best Route
Looking for the best route (during mid July) recommendation Banff to Vancouver. We have about 2 weeeks to make it from Banff to Vancouver and then back to Oregon. My choices are narrowed down between ...
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If I recall correctly Revelstoke has one road - the winding on to top. That gets you to similar levels as the ski lodge on Mt Hood (Oregon). I did it in early June and couldn't get all the way to the top.
(Manning Prov. Park has a similar top-of-the-mountain drive, though most of it is gravel.)
Glacier has a number of short hikes along the highway, enough to occupy the morning, with a lunch stop at Rogers Pass. There's isn't much in the way of side roads. Camping wasn't open when we drove it, so I didn't check that.
When I went through several years ago, we camped at a Prov Park south of Revelstoke, drove into to town to shop and buy park pass. Then spent the afternoon driving up the mountain, and back to a Prov Park north of town. The next day was a restaurant breakfast, hiking along the hwy, with lunch stop at Rogers Pass. Then on to Golden and Yoho, ending up camping a Lake Louise.
On a later trip we spent more time in Yoho, camping at Kickinghorse, and taking several short hikes.
(Manning Prov. Park has a similar top-of-the-mountain drive, though most of it is gravel.)
Glacier has a number of short hikes along the highway, enough to occupy the morning, with a lunch stop at Rogers Pass. There's isn't much in the way of side roads. Camping wasn't open when we drove it, so I didn't check that.
When I went through several years ago, we camped at a Prov Park south of Revelstoke, drove into to town to shop and buy park pass. Then spent the afternoon driving up the mountain, and back to a Prov Park north of town. The next day was a restaurant breakfast, hiking along the hwy, with lunch stop at Rogers Pass. Then on to Golden and Yoho, ending up camping a Lake Louise.
On a later trip we spent more time in Yoho, camping at Kickinghorse, and taking several short hikes.
