This years road trip is through BC and Alberta. Any advice, comments or suggestions will be very much appreciated.
Leaving Ontario July 5 or 6, I will be iron butting to Lethbridge, AB through Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan on the Trans Can. Doing the same on the way home leaving from Edmonton.
Riding solo and tenting it most of the way I'm expecting to be on the road 3-4 weeks.
Here is my route from Lethbridge with a list of places I want to see or stay in AB and BC.
I like good short scenic hikes and of course the best scenic roads.
Again any advice, comments or suggestions will be very much appreciated.
Thanks

Attractions

Waterton Lakes National Park ,AB
Othello Tunnels,Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park, BC
Hells Gate Airtram, Fraser Canyon,BC or Sea to Sky Gondola, Squamish, B.C. or ....another.
Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge, N. Vancouver, BC
Cathedral Grove - MacMillan Provincial Park, Vancouver island,BC
Tofino- Pacific Rim Park, BC
Helmcken Falls, Wells Grey Provincial Park,BC
Emerald Lake ,Yoho National Park, BC
Highwood Pass - Highest Paved Pass in Canada, Kananaskis, AB
Edith Cavell Meadows,Jasper,AB
Sunwapta Falls Jasper National Park ,AB
Glacier Skywalk, Jasper National Park,AB
Berg Lake Trail, Mount Robson ,BC
Maligne Lake, Jasper, AB
West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, AB
*My intentions are to ride only one Gondola/Airtram , the first one I pass
on a really clear day.

Google will not let me map it through Highwood Pass so that's excluded from the map.
Map: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/attac...-sites-map.jpg

Route:
#400-North to #69-North to Sudbury
At Sudbury take #17-West to Kenora
Winnipeg Bypass take exit 348A #100-West
Continue on Trans Canada #1-West to Medicine Hat
From Medicine Hat take #5-South to Waterton Lakes NP
From Waterton Lakes NP take #6-North to Pincher Station
At Pincher Station take #3-West to Creston
>From Creston take #3A-North to Balfour >edited
>From Balfour take #31-North to Kaslo
>From Kaslo continue on to #31A-West to New Denver
>from New Denver take #6-North to Nakusp
>From Nakusp take #6-West to Vernon
>from Vernon take #97-South to Kaleden
>From Kaleden take #3A to Keremeos
From Keremeos take #3-West to Hope
From Hope take #1 to Lytton
From Lytton take #12-North to Lillooet
From Lillooet take #99-South to North Vancouver
From N Vancouver take Horseshoe Bay Ferry to Nanaimo
From Nanaimo Take #1 to Brechin Rd to Island Hwy to #19-North
From #19-North Take #4-West to Port Alberni continue on to Tofino.
From Tofino back to Nanaimo continue on #1-South to Victoria
From Victoria Take #17-North to Swartz Bay Ferry
From Tsawwassen Terminal take #17-EAst to #1-East to Hope
From Hope take #3-East to #5-North to Kamloops.
From Kamloops take #97-East to #1-East to Lake Louise
Continue on #1E to Calgary
From Calgary Take #1-West to #22-South to Longview
at Longview take #541-West to #40
From #40 take #1-West back to Lake Louise
From Lake Louise take #93-North to Jasper
from Jasper take #16-East to Edmonton
In Edmonton take 170 St NW to W Edm Mall
Continue on #16-East to #1-East to Ontario
Continue on #17-East to Sudbury
at Sudbury take #69-South to #400-South

 

You've covered most of the highlights in BC. If you're not hung up on Hwy 5 I would head back up Hwy 1 from Hope to Lytton and then continue thru Cache Creek to Kamloops.
Hwy 5 is a 4 lane expressway and not as scenic imho. If you do take #5, try 5A from Merritt to Kamloops. Much nicer road scenery wise.
You might also consider a Vancouver Island trip to Campbell River from Parksville/Qualicum on Hwy 19A (seaside route) and then return on 19 (4 lane). Great ride. But Im biased cause I live there.
If youre near lunch or dinner in Nanaimo try the Crow and Gate Pub. Great food and it's the kind of pub you could take your mama to after church.

 

Check out ride from Balfour (crawford bay) north to Kaslo, new denver, nakusp. Fauquier. Monashee pass to Vernon, then either north to Kamloops or south to osoyoos. This route will give you the best riding in b.c. Stay off the trans canada wherever possible unless you are just making time.

 

Thanks, the trip from the island up #5 to Kamloops is to meet up with family where I will be spending a few days. I will have already traveled along Hwy1 and leaving Victoria in the morning I want to be in Kamloops before dinner so time is a bit of an issue there. Depending on what kind of time I make, I may use 5A.
I did consider the ride to Port Hardy taking the Prince Rupert Ferry but it was too much $$$ for a single day cruise. They say that Nanaimo to Port Hardy is a beautiful ride, I just don't have the time for the return trip.
While in Nanaimo I will try the Crow and Gate Pub.

Thanks for the input

 

Thanks. Depending on what kind of time I make getting out there, that'll be a possibility.

 

PS. I almost forget. The Crow is a great pub but on Sundays they have farmers market on the site. Guess where everyone goes for lunch. It could be crowded on that day

 

I have done this trip many times and go every chance I get. You will not be disappointed.

 

Hey skeetz, looks like you have a full agenda and plenty to see on your travels. We live just east of Jasper Park, and you can stop in and spend the night when you are in the area. I have thrown this invite out to others on the forum, mostly members heading to Alaska they go right past our door. PM me if you think you may want to stop. Have to see if the timeline works with us being home and your travels. At any rate have an enjoyable ride.

 

Two of youse is enough to convince me

So this is the way I'll be going.

From Creston take #3A-North to Balfour
From Balfour take #31-North to Kaslo
From Kaslo continue on to #31A-West to New Denver
from New Denver take #6-North to Nakusp
From Nakusp take #6-West to Vernon
from Vernon take #97-South to Kaleden
From Kaleden take #3A to Keremeos

Thanks again

 

Thanks for the invite Silver Fox, I may just take you up on that. I will PM you either way when I get close.