Heading from Ontario to Vancouver Island for the Winter
Friends are planning to do this. Any personal experiences? When to leave? What campgrounds might be open? Weather? Best route not through USA?
Forum Discussion
They northern flat route to the coast is fine, but your farther north with cooler weather and have more of a chance of snow and ice ( possibly)
Also they do have checks for the snow tires and I have been in one, however this was at the base of Kootenay Pass ( highest mountain pass open year round in Canada) as it was snowing up top early in the season and after the first of October.
This morning we also have fresh snow on the mountain tops as well and the kids sent pictures of fresh snow at their house just to the west of Calgary this morning. The mountains in Valhalla provincial park and up behind Sandon / Kokanee provincial park and towards Relelstoke had snow on them on Friday when we drove up to camp, so things are a changing.
The two flat routes we talked about are doable but which ever route you choose check the road reports and the weather reports for the towns on that route. I say check the weather report of the towns on your route because there can and is a signification difference in the weather from one town to the next I say again significantly different.
Take your time do the checks we have talked about in our posts, you should be fine
Soup.
Also they do have checks for the snow tires and I have been in one, however this was at the base of Kootenay Pass ( highest mountain pass open year round in Canada) as it was snowing up top early in the season and after the first of October.
This morning we also have fresh snow on the mountain tops as well and the kids sent pictures of fresh snow at their house just to the west of Calgary this morning. The mountains in Valhalla provincial park and up behind Sandon / Kokanee provincial park and towards Relelstoke had snow on them on Friday when we drove up to camp, so things are a changing.
The two flat routes we talked about are doable but which ever route you choose check the road reports and the weather reports for the towns on that route. I say check the weather report of the towns on your route because there can and is a signification difference in the weather from one town to the next I say again significantly different.
Take your time do the checks we have talked about in our posts, you should be fine
Soup.
