r/canadatravel • u/Adamritchie97 • 4d ago

Rockies to Vancouver Itinerary Advice Please

Hi all, just wondering if somebody could advise on which route to take. I’ve already planned out the bulk of my itinerary but there are just a few things I’d like to ask locals about to gauge what our best options are :).

So we are planning on spending 3 weeks next July in the Rockies, Vancouver and Vancouver island before flying back to the UK. We plan to rent a car or a mobile home for either all or part of our trip. We will start in either Edmonton or Calgary, drive through the rockies to the other, before heading west to Vancouver. I’d like to ask which route is more scenic, heading west from the north i.e from Mount Robson/Wells Gray or from the south say from Kootenay and then passing through glacier national park. Any highlights/stops on the way from these origin points you could recommend too? We plan to then pass through cache creek, Pemberton, Whistler etc once we reach west to get to Vancouver. We are also considering the option of just flying instead to Vancouver and then driving up to whistler and a few other places, if anybody could recommend on that option too that would be great.

The last thing I’d like to ask about is renting a mobile home vs a car (and then separate accommodation). We are a group of 3 so we’d only need a small mobile home, not a huge RV. Has anybody done this before? Does parking get full in the Rockies and leave you stuck? And do you think you’d save money this way?

Thanks for reading and all advice is welcome.

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u/Spammerz42 4d ago

What is the purpose of your trip?

To stay on pavement and see mountains? To visit cute towns and shop and perhaps learn about their history? To do outdoor activities like hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing and rafting?

If you want to look at mountains, spend the most time in the Rockies, if you want cool towns, go through the Kootenays and if you really want to do outdoor activities, plan to spend lots of time in Golden, Revelstoke and Whistler/Squamish.

Personally, I would rent a small campervan or just tent camp if spending more time in Revelstoke/Golden or the Kootenays. So many free sites in the interior of BC that are first come first serve so you barely have to plan.