Canadian Rockies Trip

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Planning a trip to Canadian Rockies in June/July.

Going through Ontario--Manitoba--Saskatchewan--Alberta--British Columbia

Has anyone ever been?

Suggested Roads, Hotels, Sites to see?

From what I see the road choices are limited.

Welcome to my back yard!

Once you hit Calgary (coming from Parts East), there is a large number of variants, of which I would be inclined to suggest the following:
[ul] [li]Calgary, west on 1 (TransCanada), to[/li] [li]Lake Lousie, side trip to Moraine Lake, then north on 93, to[/li] [li]Jasper, then west on 16 (Yellowhead HWY), to[/li] [li]Mc Bride-Prince George-Smithers-Prince Rupert, then ferry to[/li] [li]Port Hardy (north tip of Vancouver Island), then south on 19 to[/li] [li]Parksville, side trip to Tofino via Port Alberni and back, then further south on 19 to[/li] [li]Duncan, then west on 18 to[/li] [li]Lake Cowichan - Port Renfrew (new, paved, 60km), then east on 14 to[/li] [li]Victoria, then ferry to mainand (Tsawwassen), then north thru metro Vancouver and on to 99 to[/li] [li]Whistler - Lillooet - 97 juntion to[/li] [li]Kamloops, 1 east (TransCanada) to[/li] [li]Salmon Arm, then south on 97 to[/li] [li]Vernon, then east on 6 to[/li] [li]Nelson - Salmo, then east 3/93, across the[/li] [li]Crows Nest Pass (back to Alberta) then north on 22 to[/li] [li]Longview - Calgary.
[/li][/ul] At which point you have many options back home. Personally, I never tire of endless miles across the prairies and the sublime mental excercise of detecting the exact road milepost (somewhere around Ste. Ane, Manitoba) where the Prairies turn into the Shield (or vice versa), but that is not the kind of Canadiana I would bestow on a foreigner (more than once

Learn to divide, in your head, while operating the motorccyle, three-digit numbers by 1.6, it is a facilty that will come handy!

Safe Ride!

Better to read the Owner's Manual instructions on how to change the mileage units on the instrument display from miles to kilometers.