British
Columbia Sport Bike RoadsBritish
Columbia Sport Bike Roads| Start At | Finish At | Highway(s) | Submitted by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parksville, BC | Port Alberni | Hwy 4 | Brian Lees | Check out Coombs and market with goats on roof |
| Port Alberni | Long Beach, then on to Ucluet | Hwy 4 | Brian Lees | |
| Campbell River | Gold River | Hwy 28 | Brian Lees | Good Pub in Gold River |
| Horseshoe Bay | Whistler | Hwy 99 | Miss Behave | Many maniac "cagers" like to speed and cause horrific accidents; therefore it is heavily policed (radar) Vancouver to Whistler/Blackcomb ski area. |
| Whistler | Cache Creek | Hwy 99 | Firestorm45 | Spectacular scenery and diverse, hilly, twisty road through canyons. Between Pemberton and Lillooet(100km), rural countryside, no signs of civilization so best gas up before hand. |
| Cache Creek | Hope | Hwy 1 | Firestorm45 | Small police presence near Lytton, Boston bar. High elevation overlooking Thompson River. |
| Hope | Vancouver | Hwy 7 | Firestorm45 | Most interesting way back to Vancouver, otherwise straight on Hwy 1. Time to slow down the pace a bit. This entire Duffy Lake circle is about 700km and if you take 2 days you can make to most out of it. Stop in Boston bar at Hells Gate and take the tram across the river. |
| Northern BC--see notes | Hwy 16 | Joe W. Vicars | This
route follows the Skeena river valley in Northern British
Columbia between Prince Rupert and Prince George, B.C.
Lowest traffic density I have ever seen. You REALLY have
to know your fuel situation as there are stretches of 100
miles between service stations. You can watch eagles
fishing in the Skeena river. We took the inner passage
ferry to reach Prince Rupert from Vancouver Island, and
there were several motorcyclists on the journey.
NOTE: from David Butt "Just thought I'd add the comment that the trip is even better if you follow the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers from east to west. I driven the route more times than I care to mention, and it is always better heading downstream. |
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| Nelson, BC | Creston, BC | See Notes | Barry Freeman | Go North on Hwy # 31 to Balfour. Possible stop at Ainsworth hot springs. Nice curves but busy. Option # 1 Take the Free Ferry across to Kootenay Bay. Head South on Hwy #3A The Next 1 hour of fresh pavement and many TIGHT corners beside a beautiful lake, Stop for a Clothing Optional Swim (many). Very good scenery! Finish: Creston, BC, Total approx: 90 Miles Option #2: Continue North from Balfour on Hwy # 31A. Turn South at New Denver (#31A). Continue south Thru the Slocan valley next to Arrow Lake. Gorgeous Scenery. Very little traffic or Police. Loop back to Finish in Nelson. Home of many Unique restaurants. Total approx. 140 miles ( Nelson to Nelson) There isn't a bad road in this area for curves or scenery. |
| Milepost 0 in Dawson Creek, B.C. (official start) | (northern end) at MP1422, Delta Jct., AK | Alcan Highway
BC97 out of Dawson Creek, changes to YT1 in the Yukon, and is SR2 in Alaska
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Jack Gustafson | Mileage: Actual 1390 due to straightening of curves and some major realignment since original construction in 1942 Comments: First 300 or so miles are kind of blah, then it starts to get interesting. From Fort Nelson on, the road runs through more wilderness, and game animals on the road are commonplace. There are plenty of curves through this stretch, although the only tight twisties are along the shoreline of Muncho Lake, with a rock wall on the right side, northbound. Continues winding through northern Rockies - through Watson Lake (stop and view the famous Signpost Forest), Whitehorse, Haines Jct., then one of my favorite areas, the shoreline of Kluane Lake. This is sort of Willow Springs with a view (also trucks, RV's, gawking tourists, etc.). Across the border into the U.S. again, in Alaska, the highway goes up, down, and around almost into Tok before it straightens out for a long stretch. Then back into the foothills of the Alaska Range where it winds and turns before finally settling into a 30 mile straightaway coming in to Delta Jct. |
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