How are the road grades through Canada
My wife and I are planning a trip to Alaska. We plan to travel through Banff and Jasper on the mountain route. We are going to buy a large fifth wheeler and a new truck and start fulltiming for a whil...
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The road from Banff to Jasper is fine, this year will be the 6th year in a row I've been up there on that road with our trailer (I live in Calgary, go figure).
There is no true switchback in the sense that it is tight, the highway drops down to 60 km/h through a long loop then goes up over the pass (traveling north). It isn't a big deal at all. If you want to see that specific part of the road on Google here's the link:
Icefields Parkway Loop (Switchback)
Just use street view if you really want to see what the road looks like.
There is no true switchback in the sense that it is tight, the highway drops down to 60 km/h through a long loop then goes up over the pass (traveling north). It isn't a big deal at all. If you want to see that specific part of the road on Google here's the link:
Icefields Parkway Loop (Switchback)
Just use street view if you really want to see what the road looks like.
