Driving Highyway 99 Lilloet to Whistler
I would like to hear from people who have pulled a 5th wheel over the Lilloet to Pemberton to Whistler highway. I'm planning a trip with a 25 ft 5er behind a 2014 F250 with the 6.2 gas 3.73 rear end.w...
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garyhaupt wrote:
I find the hill going east, down into Little Fort on #24 to be much much worse. That bugger just goes on and on...and on....
Gary Haupt
Probably getting off topic and perhaps worth of it's own thread. Here are some comparative ascent and descent numbers that I have collected over the years. All measurements and distances have been rounded and converted from metric to imperial.
Duffey Lake Road to Pemberton
3380 feet in 8 miles
Max 15 % grade (average of 8%)
Duffey Lake Road to Lillooet
1564 feet in 4 miles
Max 13% grade (average of 11%.)
Only a very brief section above Seton Lake is at 13%
Highway 99 - Lillooet to Pavillion
1710 in 14 miles
Max 12% grade (average of 7%)
Highway 24 - Little Fort to McDonald Summit
3015 feet in 13 miles from Little Fort to Eakin Creek
Max 8.5% grade
Highway 97c - Ashcroft to Highland Valley Summit
3077 feet in 10 miles from Ashcroft to the brake check sign
Max 11 % grade (Although the brake check sign says 11% grade down to Ashcroft, the overall average is less then 8%.)
Highway 20 - Bella Coola to Heckman Pass Summit
3860 feet in 12 miles
Max 15% (sign at the summit says 18% but a protion of the road was moved years back and sign was never updated.
Edit: Added Heckman Pass and corrected some mileages.
