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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
Hey you guys live in Alberta and know stuff about there. Heading out to Kelowna to visit my brother in early May, driving out with the wife and 11 month old.
Stopping in Calgary to visit friends night one, then straight to Kelowna for night two. Got some activities planned around there but open to suggestions as well. Spend 5 or 6 days there then drive home. Can budget up to 3 days for the drive home if needed.
The main question is the route home. What is our most scenic option heading home from Kelowna, passing through Alberta to Saskatchewan? Head up to Jasper? Go back through the Kootenays? Dip down into Glacier National Park?
Looking for suggestions, thanks.
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I’ve always found the drive from Jasper to Edmonton to be kind of mind-numbing. Or, to use other words, horrible.
In early May last year, after running the Vancouver half marathon, I came back to Calgary via the southern, mostly 2-lane route.
So, in your abbreviated case, Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos, then turn east to Grand Forks, Rossland, Trail, Fruitvale, Salmo, Creston, Yahk, Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, Lundbreck, etc. I had a beautiful overnight backpacking hike along the shore of Christina Lake in Gladstone Park, just outside of Grand Forks.
In early May I didn’t find the driving too crowded until after Cranbrook. Scenic along most of the route.
I’d agree a detour down into Glacier Park in the USA would be nice. Probably lots of snow in there at that time of year though. I came through Glacier in late August last year after watching the eclipse from a mountaintop in Idaho.