This primarily includes British Columbia, but Alberta, Washington State, and all points in between are welcome too.
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Duffy lake road is definitely a highlight.snag wrote:Lumpycam and Jedi: I'm planning a trip with my bride this summer from Edmonton through Whistler via the Duffy Lake Road, over to the Island to Tofino, then on to Washington to visit some friends and then home through Northern Wash. Any comments on good roads would be appreciated. We've got family in Whistler, Vancouver and Victoria, but the map is otherwise unmarked.
Doug
Staying out of Vancouver is certainly not a bad idea. There's no riding of particular interest. Of course, there are a bunch of things to do around the city but you're either coming to take it all in or stay away and be free of the city stress. Unless you happen to be around on a Saturday or Sunday and you can go for a ride through the downtown with the roads mostly to yourself in the morning. It doesn't get busy until around 10am and is exquisitely beautiful if you catch good weather.snag wrote:My goal for Vancouver is to stay out of it, no offense meant, just want to stay out of the traffic. Daughter is in North Van so I figured I could just slip in and see her on the Upper Level Highway and then catch the ferrry to Naniamo. Is there anything north of Naniamo on the Island that's worth it, or is the run out to Tofino the best use of time?
The Olympic Mountains are huge and beautiful. I've never ridden around WA so i don't have much feedback there. Check out the Destination Highways guide as they have a terrific overview of all the best roads.snag wrote:I'm really in the dark about Northern Washington from Seattle up to the border at Osoyoos or Nelson/Creston. Any suggestions here would be real helpful.
I've actually got a ride to New Denver planned for this spring so that's great feedback on the 31a - thanks!snag wrote:I've done HWY 3A from Creston to Crawford Bay a number of times and it is rated the best road in BC, but HWY 31A from New Denver to Kaslo is freshly paved and IMHO is the best road in Canada that I've been on. No traffic, no houses and nothing but curves. If you get the chance, I would highly recommend it.
I'm off to try out these roads this weekend. Thanks again for the tips!snag wrote:I've done HWY 3A from Creston to Crawford Bay a number of times and it is rated the best road in BC, but HWY 31A from New Denver to Kaslo is freshly paved and IMHO is the best road in Canada that I've been on. No traffic, no houses and nothing but curves. If you get the chance, I would highly recommend it.
Spectacular! I can't imagine how things could have been better. We covered 2,500km in 4 days and rode pretty much every road in the west Kootenays. Maybe my favourite was from New Denver to Kaslo. Creston to Salmo was a fun ride with a big 5,800' summit and Slocan to New Denver has spectacular scenery. Really, you can't go wrong any way you turn.snag wrote:LumpyCam,
So how was it?
Doug
Thanks, Airman. I'm off to Washington and Oregon states next weekend and i'll definitely check out these roads.Airman wrote:The North Cascades Highway, (hwy 20) is not to be missed. A good loop would be to take hwy 20 off I-5 at Burlington, take 153 south at Winthrop to 97 in Chelan which will run you into the westbound leg of hwy 2, another great mountain road.