East Access vs West Access
We're planning our 2015 route to Alaska. Between East and West Access, is one 'better' than the other? We're reading Milepost, but would also like your input. Thanks in advance !
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fanrgs wrote:
Why not do both? Going to and coming back from Alaska is an adventure in itself. So why not see as much of western Canada as possible?
We combined parts of all three access routes on our 2013 trip. Oroville, WA to Kamloops, BC on the Central Route, then Cache Creek, BC to Prince George on the West Route. From PG, we traveled the Yellowhead Hwy. to the Cassiar Highway and on to Alaska. That gave us a chance to spend time in one of our now "must-return-to" destinations--the Okanagan Valley of BC. In fact, we are planning a return trip to the Okanagan, then on to Victoria and Vancouver, for fall 2015.
On the way home from Alaska, we used the East Access Route from Calgary to Great Falls. We had traveled from Dawson Creek through Grande Cache and Hinton, AB to revisit the Icefields Parkway. We saved Jasper and Banff NPs for last to end the trip in two of our favorite national parks anywhere.
We did the same route this year, except we took 99 out of Vancouver through Whistler... Amazing! This year the weather was better on the west route in May.
