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I've driven all those roads more times than I care to count and IMO aside from the icefield Parkway (too far out of the way I would think);

HWY 1 is incredibly scenic, I would recommend this for the way there.

HWY 3 is nice but kind of sucks from Trail/Castlegar to Kelowna. I would recommend going through Vernon and taking HWY 6 to Castlegar and then hop onto HWY 3 towards Fernie/Calgary. Nakusp has nice hot springs off the highway as well.

Another way to get south to HWY 3 is HWY 1 then 95 down through Kootenay national park and radium. You could reverse this and hit radium hot springs on your way back to Calgary.

Taking HWY 1 will be around 7 hours and the other ways will be 10.5-11.5 hours from Calgary to Kelowna.


Of all the routes HWY 6 is our favorite. I suggest the hot springs as it's something fun you can do with a 10 month old. My son loves the hot springs!