Vancouver to Whitehorse via Vancouver Island?
Mods I'm re-posting this over here. I forgot we have a Canada forum. Getting a very late start in planning this year for our summer trip. I'm thinking of taking our 34 ft fifth wheel from Vancouver...
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Do check in on the cost of the ferry crossings with a rig that long. When we lived on Vancouver Island and ferried to the Lower Mainland with our 25' fifth wheel it cost nearly $300 per crossing. When we took the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert we were travelling with a very short fifth wheel and it cost more than the fuel would have cost driving the Hwy 97 route in 2007. You also cannot stay in your fifth wheel to eat and cannot run propane for the whole time on the ferry.
You can see more of that trip on my website at http://yukonsights.ca/2007SeptemberMain.html
See more of the Cassiar Hwy at http://yukonsights.ca/CassiarHwy.html
The routes are fine for rigs your size. However, the ferries will be expensive. We didn't take a second trip from the Island to Prince Rupert due to the cost. It was much cheaper to drive and can be done in three days.
Fuel wasn't even an issue but we still carried extra fuel just in case. The only time we used it was when travelling in winter with a motorhome, have never used it with our fifth wheel travels.
You can see more of that trip on my website at http://yukonsights.ca/2007SeptemberMain.html
See more of the Cassiar Hwy at http://yukonsights.ca/CassiarHwy.html
The routes are fine for rigs your size. However, the ferries will be expensive. We didn't take a second trip from the Island to Prince Rupert due to the cost. It was much cheaper to drive and can be done in three days.
Fuel wasn't even an issue but we still carried extra fuel just in case. The only time we used it was when travelling in winter with a motorhome, have never used it with our fifth wheel travels.
