Travel Overview: 16 minutes — 22 km
Address: 590 Old Hope-Princeton Way, Hope, BC, CA
Notes: Our start will be a breakfast spot in Hope. The Hope Drive-in and Restaurant is famed for it's home style country breakfasts. 590 Old Hope Princeton Hwy. Plan on 9:30am for breakfast and a 10:30 departure from there.
Travel Overview: 6 minutes — 6 km
Travel Overview: 11 minutes — 10 km
Travel Overview: 7 minutes — 4 km
Address: Tunnels Road, Hope, BC
Notes: Othello Tunnels - our first stop. A chance to stretch your legs after breakfast and take in some of the most rugged country a railway ever had to conquer. A short walk - less than 1 km and we'll be on our way. Figure 30 minutes here.
Travel Overview: 8 minutes — 6 km
Address: 66176-66256 Kawkawa Lake Road, Hope, BC
Travel Overview: 16 minutes — 22 km
Address: 21400 Trans-Canada Highway, Hope, BC
Notes: Here we merge onto Hwy 1 going north and we're on our way! Latecomers might be able to join us here just before noon.
Travel Overview: 10 minutes — 15 km
Notes: Yale Tunnel - the first of many. Can you name them all? Remember to use your headlights
Travel Overview: 2 minutes — 3 km
Notes: No Fraser Canyon trip is complete without a stop in Spuzzum. 15 minute photo opp is planned around here.
Rumor has it the old general store burned down. We'll see about that.
Travel Overview: 6 minutes — 7 km
Notes: Alexandria Bridge - Looking for a photo-opportunity here. Might take us 1/2 hr to get it right.
Travel Overview: 2 minutes — 2 km
Notes: We'll stop at Elvis Rocks for lunch. Kyle promises to dance on the tables
Travel Overview: 7 minutes — 10 km
Notes: We'll stop at Hells Gate for dessert and take the air-tram across the river. Plan on 90 minutes for our stop here.
Travel Overview: 42 minutes — 43 km
Notes: Gas up and pee break opportunity in Boston Bar. 15 minutes.
Travel Overview: 34 minutes — 39 km
Notes: We'll check out the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers in Lytton before heading toward Spences Bridge. 15 minutes should do it.
Travel Overview: 1 hour 48 minutes — 147 km
Notes: We will leave Hwy 1 at Spences Bridge and take the old Nicola Hwy 8 south to Merritt. Great driving awaits.
Address: 2099 Garcia Street, Merritt, BC V1K 1R6, Canada
Notes: We arrive in Merritt about 7 1/2 hrs after we set out. So if we left at 10:30, we should be here by 6:00pm. Sounds like a great time for dinner and a beer. Final destination is the Grand Hotel 2099 Garcia St.
For those staying over, there's a car show on Sunday!
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Notes: Our start will be a breakfast spot in Hope. The Hope Drive-in and Restaurant is famed for it's home style country breakfasts. 590 Old Hope Princeton Hwy. Plan on 9:30am for breakfast and a 10:30 departure from there.
From Address: 590 Old Hope-Princeton Way, Hope, BC, CA
Segment: 22 km — about 16 mins
1. Drive east on Old Hope-Princeton Way. 1 min 2612 km |
2. Stay straight to take the ramp toward 5 North/3 East. 2 mins 5813 km |
3. Keep left to take 5 North toward Merritt/Kelowna/Kamloops. 3 mins 10214.5 km |
4. Take exit 183 toward Othello Road. 1 min 156.1 km |
5. Bear right. 1 min 33.8 km |
6. Turn right onto Peers Creek Road. 1 min 648.6 km |
7. Turn right onto Othello Road. 1 min 655 km |
8. Turn right toward Hope. 6 mins 15567.2 km |
9. Take exit 173 onto 1 East toward Hope. 1 min 305.8 km |
10. Your destination is on the right. 1 min |
Segment: 6 km — about 6 mins
1. Drive northwest on Old Hope Princeton Way. 1 min 2624.8 km |
2. Turn right. 1 min 86.9 km |
3. Turn right. 1 min 109.4 km |
4. Turn left. 1 min 45.1 km |
5. Turn left onto Old Hope-Princeton Way. 1 min 1955.4 km |
6. Stay straight to take the ramp toward 5 North/3 East. 2 mins 5813 km |
7. Keep left to take 5 North toward Merritt/Kelowna/Kamloops. 1 min 558.4 km |
8. Your destination is on the right. 1 min |
To Address: Tunnels Road, Hope, BC
Segment: 10 km — about 11 mins
1. Drive northeast on 5/Coquihalla Highway. 3 mins 9656.1 km |
2. Take exit 183 toward Othello Road. 1 min 156.1 km |
3. Bear right. 1 min 33.8 km |
4. Turn right onto Peers Creek Road. 1 min 648.6 km |
5. Turn left onto Othello Road. 3 mins 5249.7 km |
6. Bear left onto Tunnels Road. 2 mins 1369.6 km |
7. You have arrived at your destination. 1 min |
Notes: Othello Tunnels - our first stop. A chance to stretch your legs after breakfast and take in some of the most rugged country a railway ever had to conquer. A short walk - less than 1 km and we'll be on our way. Figure 30 minutes here.
From Address: Tunnels Road, Hope, BC
To Address: 66176-66256 Kawkawa Lake Road, Hope, BC
Segment: 4 km — about 7 mins
1. Drive east on Tunnels Road. 2 mins 1369.6 km |
2. Make a sharp left onto Othello Road. 4 mins 5001.8 km |
3. Bear left onto Kawkawa Lake Road. 1 min 482.8 km |
4. Your destination is on the left. 1 min |
From Address: 66176-66256 Kawkawa Lake Road, Hope, BC
To Address: 21400 Trans-Canada Highway, Hope, BC
Segment: 6 km — about 8 mins
1. Drive southwest on Kawkawa Lake Road. 3 mins 3609.8 km |
2. Turn left onto 7th Avenue. 1 min 685.6 km |
3. Turn right onto Old Hope-Princeton Way. 1 min 1870.1 km |
4. Turn right toward 1 East/Kamloops. 3 mins 4844.1 km |
5. Your destination is on the left. 1 min |
Notes: Here we merge onto Hwy 1 going north and we're on our way! Latecomers might be able to join us here just before noon.
From Address: 21400 Trans-Canada Highway, Hope, BC
Segment: 22 km — about 16 mins
1. Drive north on 1/Trans-Canada Highway. Continue on 1. 16 mins 36445.2 km |
2. Your destination is on the right. 1 min |
Notes: Yale Tunnel - the first of many. Can you name them all? Remember to use your headlights
Segment: 15 km — about 10 mins
1. Drive east on 1/Yale Tunnel. Continue on 1. 10 mins 24363.9 km |
2. Bear right onto Spuzzum Creek Road. 1 min 109.4 km |
3. Your destination is on the right. 1 min |
Notes: No Fraser Canyon trip is complete without a stop in Spuzzum. 15 minute photo opp is planned around here.
Rumor has it the old general store burned down. We'll see about that.
Segment: 3 km — about 2 mins
1. Drive south on Spuzzum Creek Road. 1 min 109.4 km |
2. Make a sharp right onto 1/Trans-Canada Highway. Continue on 1. 2 mins 5772.7 km |
3. Your destination is on the left. 1 min |
Notes: Alexandria Bridge - Looking for a photo-opportunity here. Might take us 1/2 hr to get it right.
Segment: 7 km — about 6 mins
1. Drive northwest on 1/Trans-Canada Highway. Continue on 1. 6 mins 12853.8 km |
2. Your destination is on the right. 1 min |
Notes: We'll stop at Elvis Rocks for lunch. Kyle promises to dance on the tables
Segment: 2 km — about 2 mins
1. Drive northwest on 1/Trans-Canada Highway. Continue on 1. 2 mins 4306.6 km |
2. Your destination is on the left. 1 min |
Notes: We'll stop at Hells Gate for dessert and take the air-tram across the river. Plan on 90 minutes for our stop here.
Segment: 10 km — about 7 mins
1. Drive north on 1/Trans-Canada Highway. Continue on 1. 7 mins 16276.9 km |
2. Your destination is on the right. 1 min |
Notes: Gas up and pee break opportunity in Boston Bar. 15 minutes.
Segment: 43 km — about 42 mins
1. Drive north on 1/Trans-Canada Highway. 33 mins 66866.6 km |
2. Turn right. 9 mins 2658.6 km |
3. You have arrived at your destination. 1 min |
Notes: We'll check out the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers in Lytton before heading toward Spences Bridge. 15 minutes should do it.
Segment: 39 km — about 34 mins
1. Drive south. 9 mins 2658.6 km |
2. Turn right onto 1/Trans-Canada Highway. 24 mins 60007.6 km |
3. Take the 8 exit toward Merritt. 1 min 597.1 km |
4. Turn left. 1 min 38.6 km |
5. Your destination is on the right. 1 min |
Notes: We will leave Hwy 1 at Spences Bridge and take the old Nicola Hwy 8 south to Merritt. Great driving awaits.
To Address: 2099 Garcia Street, Merritt, BC V1K 1R6, Canada
Segment: 147 km — about 1 hour, 48 mins
1. Drive southeast. 1 min 38.6 km |
2. Turn right onto Nicola Highway/8. 1 min 226.9 km |
3. Turn right to take the 1 ramp toward Spences Bridge/Cache Creek. 24 mins 62844.9 km |
4. Turn right onto Cornwall Road. 5 mins 7776.4 km |
5. Turn right onto Ashcroft Bridge/97C. Continue on 97C. 1 min 907.7 km |
6. Turn right onto Highway 97C/97C. 42 mins 90863.6 km |
7. Turn right onto Highway 97C/97C. Continue on 97C. 30 mins 67434.7 km |
8. Turn left onto Nicola Avenue/8/97C. 5 mins 8037.1 km |
9. Turn right onto Garcia Street. 1 min 29 km |
10. Your destination is on the right. 1 min |
Notes: We arrive in Merritt about 7 1/2 hrs after we set out. So if we left at 10:30, we should be here by 6:00pm. Sounds like a great time for dinner and a beer. Final destination is the Grand Hotel 2099 Garcia St.
For those staying over, there's a car show on Sunday!
