Stirl_ae86
Legacy Member
Sounds like fun, but is there a reason why you'd be doing this by yourself in the middle of winter?
Some of these roads can be just plain nasty and dangerous in January . IE Highway 17 (the trans-canada) in Northern Ontario has more than it's fair share of fatal collisions in the winter. Most of it is two ways, two lanes undivided with some stretches with with rock faces on either sides of the road. The prairies are lame enough to go through in the summer time without the drifting snow and sheer ice on the road surface.
When you factor the 7AM to 5PM daylight hours you won't be seeing as much scenery as you would want to, driving by yourself at night in the winter isn't optimal (keep the heater down if you wanna stay awake)
combined with the likely road closures along the way (if there's a crazy storm/accident) and the harsh road conditions might make this more of a white knuckle drive than your average sunday drive. Here's whats going on today in Alberta: http://globalnews.ca/news/1003856/brutal-highway-conditions-force-closure-of-trans-canada-highway/
If this sounds fun to you, carry on. If it was up to me, I'd fly to BC and save the roadtrip for the spring.
The voice of reason!