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Utah St. Rt. 261, aka Moki Dugway. On Trip Advisor, this route is actually rated 5 stars and in the top 10% of Utah's attractions :h. Second most scared I've ever been (1st was the Angels ...
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Approximately 9 years ago we took a two week vacation on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver Island is a very large and scenic island and is too large to take in all the sites in just two weeks.
One of the most beautiful places on Vancouver Island is the Pacific Rim on the West Coast of the island. After spending 9-10 days on the Eastern portion of the island, we decided to cross over the mountains to see the beautiful Pacific Rim National Park.
I do not recall the elevation of the mountain pass in the crossing, but the mountains that separate the Pacific Rim from the rest of the island are snow covered all year. The road however was not snow covered.
To get to the Pacific Rim National Park you drive on BC highway #4 from Pt. Alberni to the West Coast of the island, where there are just two small towns, Tofino and Ucluelet.
The road over the mountains is two lane, very windy and winding with very few straight sections so visibility of what is ahead is always limited.
The road is paved now, but was gravel when we traveled it. Aside from the fact that it was gravel road, narrow, and with little visibility of what was ahead, and had lots of summer tourist traffic, there were four 18 degree hills which made the trip very exciting. When we got to the Pacific Rim coast, we discovered that we were the only RV on the West Coast of the island.
We were not surprised to see no other RV's. When we started the trip at Pt. Alberni, we were following a class C RV, but a short while after they started the mountian climb, they turned around and went back down the mountain.
To summarize our experience--at the point in time that we made this trip--the road was more suited to mountain goats than to RV's.
For anyone interested in seeing pictures of Vancouver Island, go to:
http://www.britishcolumbia.com/parks/?id=404.
One of the most beautiful places on Vancouver Island is the Pacific Rim on the West Coast of the island. After spending 9-10 days on the Eastern portion of the island, we decided to cross over the mountains to see the beautiful Pacific Rim National Park.
I do not recall the elevation of the mountain pass in the crossing, but the mountains that separate the Pacific Rim from the rest of the island are snow covered all year. The road however was not snow covered.
To get to the Pacific Rim National Park you drive on BC highway #4 from Pt. Alberni to the West Coast of the island, where there are just two small towns, Tofino and Ucluelet.
The road over the mountains is two lane, very windy and winding with very few straight sections so visibility of what is ahead is always limited.
The road is paved now, but was gravel when we traveled it. Aside from the fact that it was gravel road, narrow, and with little visibility of what was ahead, and had lots of summer tourist traffic, there were four 18 degree hills which made the trip very exciting. When we got to the Pacific Rim coast, we discovered that we were the only RV on the West Coast of the island.
We were not surprised to see no other RV's. When we started the trip at Pt. Alberni, we were following a class C RV, but a short while after they started the mountian climb, they turned around and went back down the mountain.
To summarize our experience--at the point in time that we made this trip--the road was more suited to mountain goats than to RV's.
For anyone interested in seeing pictures of Vancouver Island, go to:
http://www.britishcolumbia.com/parks/?id=404.
