Powder Highway Tour - Vancouver to Creston

The ten day Powder Highway Tour began in Vancouver, B.C. Where it will end.. we're not exactly sure. We're chasing the snow, and so far all we have found is sunshine.

This tour (unlike almost every other tour) isn't about slaying knee-deep powder or pounding big vertical ascents. It's about spending time in small towns we've never visited, a winter road trip adventure, meeting and skiing with friends from afar, lapping the lifts, and going for a few day hikes.

Days 1 - 4 (Vancouver, Inveremere, Cranbrook, Creston)


Driving on the Coquihalla Highway
4:30am wakeup call means this 10 hour drive is powered by coffee.

Driving on the Coquihalla Highway
Just one of the avalanche tunnels on the Coquihalla Highway.

Driving the Powder Highway
Lots of trucks. Lots of roads.

Skiing Panorama Ski Resort, Invermere
Hello Top of the World! Hitting Panorama Ski Resort in Invermere with friends.

Two full days of no lift lines, plenty of sunshine, and a view that never got boring.

Radium Hot Springs
Hitting one of the two pools at Radium Hot Springs. Perfect way to end the day. Well almost, the beer came later at the condo.

Fort Steele Heritage Town in East Kootenay Region
Heading south we stopped by Fort Steele Heritage Town in East Kootenay Region.

Fort Steele Heritage Town in East Kootenay Region
Lots of buildings and livestock at Fort Steele.

Fort Steele Heritage Town in East Kootenay Region
Self guided tour in the snow.

Fort Steele Heritage Town in East Kootenay Region
Tools of the trade circa 1880s.

Fort Steele Heritage Town in East Kootenay Region
Frosty lamp in -10°C temperatures.

Driving to the Kootenay Region
The road trip continues towards the Kootenays.

Valley View Motel in Crestone
Our own cabin in the woods, and base camp for the next three days in Creston B.C.

Labels: , ,