anyone else driven B.C.'s highway 99 south to Whistler?
 

so i drove from Edmonton to Whistler on Sunday. took highway 1 all the way to Kamloops/Cache Creek, then a short jaunt on 97 north, and finally hit 99 south.

over 200 KM of insane twists, turns, elevation gains and drops. wow... i've driven similar roads many times, but none that went on and on for such a length of time. great drive. anyone else done it?

my Porsche definitely had it's first serious workout of the year :)

Did ya have some kick ass driving music?

I bet my motorcycle-nut friend would have loved it. My 1.2 liter clio would just fall off the cliffs.

Sounds like allot of fun :thumbsup

I did it in a 68 Fargo van with no guts and shit breaks.

Good times, good times...well not really, horribly fucking stressful but still a beautiful ride.

I have never done any of the Mountain roads in Canada, I did however do a road in northern Cali one time..it went from 101 along the coast to interstate 5..about 150 miles.. i thought I would be to the highway in 3 hours tops...HOLY SHIT.. was I stupid. It was the most hellish road I had ever been on, took me almost 6 hours of hell to get over this pass, 180 turns non stop for hours, it was snowing several feet deep.. no cars.. I had no chains and was sliding from corner to corner there for a while..I really didnt even think I was going to make it off the mountain without going over a cliff....

I bought a 4wheel drive and I'm ready to go on that road again :1orglaugh

lol, i'm sure you'd do fine.

mostly just the sound of the engine :glugglug

would definitely be stressful on that road. bad breaks especially. the road is awesome, but you need a sports car to really enjoy it (imho).

C U Next Tues - hehe, nice.

Probably better than any music. I can't wait to buy my first sports car in a decade or two.

that must be a really nice drive in a porche all the twist and turns ! We did it once i don't remember how long i think it was 9hours

Yep, and it was a fucking blast :thumbsup

Its been about 10 years since I took that route.
It is a insane ride when buzzed

Used to drive her every weekend between Vancouver and Whistler... The ride was always entertaining with my 94 tt RX-7...I miss those days and drives greatly.

I've done the drive part way, but it's been years. Simply amazing views.

t:Graucho

I drove that too! It was a great drive, but also really pretty!

do it in mid-January and then we'll talk.

your sewing machine on wheels would be laying at the bottom of a mountain.

are they still doing construction between Squamish & Whistler?

Drove it in both my S2000 and Supra



Fun drive.



The drive to Tofino is even better though. Less cops, less traffic, more turns, more speed. :D

I used to drive the sea to sky from Vancouver to Whistler almost once a week to go snowboarding.

Fuck it was awesome in my S4!!! Put on some rocking music and just fucking blast through the twistys!

DH

How long did it take you to drive that road?

I'll be driving it on Thursday.. from Vancouver to Whistler..

I've rented a badass geo metro!!!:)

Visited BC last augest and took these pics driving up to wistler

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The Prize

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Quiet's talking about the drive "north" of Whistler on the 99.

Yes the S4 is fuckin awsome on that raod, even with the shitty weather conditions that thing clung to the road with no problems :thumbsup

hehe cool :) My dad let me drive his RX7 from Squamish all the way home to Vancouver when I only had my learner's license. I was scared shitless but MAN was it fun! WOoooohooooooo! I love RX7's :)

Done it with my bird a couple times, one time leaving Whistler after a snowstorm, was extremely perilous.

Another time driving back to Whistler at night ended up stopping and going around a bunch of natives making a campfire in the middle of the road. LOL

Fucked up road but beautiful view.

correct. anyway, one hell of a drive. i have yet to drive the sea to sky highway to Van, but will probably do it sometime next month...

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If he's driving a porsche, I'd assume his driving music would be having the hahahahahahas down at 7k rpm :Graucho

I have done it a few times. Also the drive out to Long beach in Tofino is awesome! The views are unbelievable. I envy you down her in LA with our shitty traffic. I dont even want to go on the roads.

Tofino > Sea to Sky



Quiet, if ya get a chance, take that German road carver and hit up the highway to Tofino

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second time tofino's been mentioned in this thread. so how do i head out there?

Ferry to Victoria. Then you gotta head in some roundabout way to get to the highway to Tofino. Then... it's just hours of intense driving with some amazing sights. I can't find my map. Checkout Mapquest.com :)

thanks for the info. definitely something i'll be checking out this summer :thumbsup

sounds awesome

Later this summer eh?



I think my dutch friends Markus and Spewie ( Fuckingfreemovies.com and hereistheporn.com ) will be here. I guess I could lend those fucks my S2000 while I take my Supra. If you wanna make a cannonball run out to Tofino, gimme a shout. :)