Edmonton to Prince Rupert depends a lot on the weather. Good weather -- probably 10 hours. Bad weather...well, who knows. The freeway from Edmonton (the Yellowhead) peters out around Hinton, as I recall, but it's still good highway through Jasper National Park and in B.C. BC speed limits are only 90 kph, though.
Tom Matkin wrote: > Marc A. Schindler wrote: > > Let us know what you decide, and I'm sure I speak for the 3 of us when I > > say we'll > > do what we can to accommodate you. I'm probably the closest to the > > highway you'll > > be on (the Yellowhead) but Mark's not too far off, and Cardston's about > > a 45 > > minute side trip each way (from the main highway south from Lethbridge > > to > > Montana). > > The trip from Provo to Cardston takes 12 hours if you only stop for gas > and perhaps one or two very fast pottie breaks at road side rest areas. > If you tempt fate and have a very fast car you can do it in 11 hours. > If you are a young person in love and out of touch with reality you > might even shave a half hour off that. If you are the type that stops > to eat it will take you 13 or 14 hours. If you stop to smell the > roses.... well plan for two days. > > There are a wide variety of routes with varying advantages and > disadvantages. Basically, the best thing to do is take the I-15 from > Provo to at least Wolf Creek Mt. Just north of Wolf Creek you can cut > off for the shortest route to Canada (not necessarily the quickest). If > you are interested in the quickest you carry on through Great Falls to > the border. There are a couple of places to cut off when Cardston is > your goal to save a few minutes, but the Coutts/Sweetgrass border > crossing on I-15 is the only 24 hour port of entry in the vicinity and > going there reduces the complication of possibly sleeping in a car in > the Montana wilderness waiting for the border to open in the distant > morning. > > After crossing the border at Coutts/Sweetgrass you get to Cardston > either by taking highway #501 west after going north from the border > about 12 miles. Or you can go about 20 miles north and cut off west to > Raymond, then south to Cardston. But that's longer and the road isn't > any better imho. > > If you stretched your day out on Wednesday to reach Cardston you would > find beds and breakfast at the Matkin home. The next day it would be a > 6 hour drive to Edmonton. I'm no expert on how long it takes to get > from Edmonton to Prince Rupert. But it would probably take a monster day > (we used to drive from here to Vancouver in a single day, when we didn't > know any better and I suppose it would be a comparable journey). If it > stretched out for two days you would get to Prince Rupert by Sat. night. > Which builds a little slack into your itinerary in case you have a flat > tire, get hit by food poisoning from eating tainted deep fried chicken > gizzards at the Flying J in Rocker, Montana (just west of beautiful > downtown Butte) get lost, encounter normal winter driving conditions, or > stop to smell the roses. > > Tom > > > > "John W. Redelfs" wrote: > > > > > It looks like I'm going to make a whirlwind visit to SLC-Provo this > > > coming > > > weekend. My son-in-law, Jeff, has taken a job with the University of > > > Alaska in Juneau and has to report for work on the 19th. He is going to > > > fly up and leave my daughter with the job of driving the family > > > automobile > > > to Prince Rupert and putting it on the ferry. I thought I would fly > > > down > > > there and help her drive back. > > > > > > So... I'm going to be in Provo from about 4:00 PM Saturday, until I hit > > > the road for Canada on Wednesday morning, Nov. 20th. I've got to be to > > > the > > > ferry in Prince Rupert by Sunday the 24th at 4:30 PM. > > > > > > By my calculations it is going to be a 1287 miles trip from Provo to > > > Prince > > > Rupert by shortest route. But the route passes pretty close to Cardston > > > and Edmonton. I wonder if I should breeze through and say hi to Tom and > > > the two Emontonions on my way. It would only add about 300 miles to my > > > trip, and I'm going to get to Prince Rupert about a day early anyway. > > > It > > > sure would be fun to meet Tom, Marc and Mark face to face. > > > > > > Anyone in the Provo-SLC area that would like to go to McDonald's with me > > > or > > > something? > > > > > > Your friend and brother, > > > John W. Redelfs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > > > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > > > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Marc A. Schindler > > Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland > > > > “Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he > > will pick > > himself up and continue on” – Winston Churchill > > > > Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the > > author > > solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s > > employer, > > nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. > > > > > > > > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. 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