Day 1
Stanley Park
Park · Vancouver, BC
Walk or cycle the 400-hectare oceanfront park before heading north on Highway 99.
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Sea to Sky: Vancouver to Whistler
Vancouver, BC to Whistler, BC
Highway 99 runs from the ocean to the mountains in a morning. Go in spring, when the corridor is quieter than summer, for a gondola above Howe Sound, a waterfall stop and two days in Whistler.
- Best months
- April to June
- Stops
- 6 stops · 4 of them picks
Stop by stop
Day 1
Sea to Sky Gondola, Squamish
Ride the gondola at Squamish, the outdoor hub at the head of the Howe Sound fjord.
Day 1
Brandywine Falls
Stretch your legs at the falls, one of the stops National Geographic names on this drive.
Day 2
Whistler Blackcomb
Ski resort · Whistler, BC
Ride the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola, whose 3,024-metre span between towers was a world record until 2017.
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Araxi
Restaurant and oyster bar · Whistler, BC
Book dinner at James Walt's village restaurant and oyster bar.
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Nita Lake Lodge
Resort · Whistler, BC
Sleep at the One MICHELIN Key lodge on Nita Lake.
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Before you go
Sources
- From ice roads to the Klondike Highway: 6 of Canada's most adventurous road trips · National Geographic
- Sea-to-Sky Highway Route · Super, Natural BC
- Zugspitze-Eibsee cable car: one ropeway, three world records · Gondola Project
More spring road trips
Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0 FoodieApril to June
Niagara wine country: Jordan to the Falls
Jordan, ON to Niagara Falls, ON
Four days of eating your way across the Niagara Peninsula, every stop a pick. Bread in Jordan, a barn among the vines, a 12-seat fish counter in St. Catharines, fire cooking in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and the Falls to finish.
7 stops · every stop a pick
Photo: gmariusica · CC BY-SA 4.0 RomanticMarch to June
Victoria to Tofino on the Pacific Rim Highway
Victoria, BC to Tofino, BC
A grand old hotel and a seafood room in Victoria, then across the island to the open Pacific. Long Beach is open all year, and the highway is far quieter before the summer rush; every stop is a pick.
5 stops · every stop a pick
