Motorcycle trip to Kaslo BC
June 9 - 10, 2010

Total distance of the trip was 1230 Kms according to the GPS.  Did it in 2 days.
About 10% more than that if you went by the Goldwing speedo (Due to known GW accuracy error.)

The road from Creston up to Revelstoke is one of the best motorcycle roads you will find.
Great scenery, twisties, and we were lucky with little traffic.
Stay a couple of more days and go up and down that route.

There is 2 ferry rides you need to take (FREEE!!).
Kootenay Lake Ferry       Schedule
 ROUTE: Across Kootenay Lake, 35 kilometres east of Nelson on Highway 3A, between Balfour (west side) and Kootenay Bay (east side), 70 kilometres from Creston on Highway 3A.
And the Upper Arrow Lakes Ferry – Galena Bay & Shelter Bay   Schedule
 ROUTE: Across Upper Arrow Lake, 49 kilometres south of Revelstoke on Highway 23, between Shelter Bay and Galena Bay.

Map: from GPS

Garmin Mapsource Route file, Garmin .gdb format
Uploadable to Garmin GPS units.
Save this file, open it with Garmin Mapsource on your computer, hook your GPS to the computer and then "Send to Device"

Gas Stops:
We made more gas stops than usual, travelling with a couple of cruiser bikes.

Miles Km's Litres Imp Gallons MPG (Imp Gallon) Cost Where
159 255.9 16.38 3.60 44.1 $18.05 Longview AB
183 294.5 18.26 4.02 45.6 $19.70 Cranbrook BC
68 109.4 6.75 1.48 45.8 $7.96 Creston BC
111 178.6 12.06 2.65 41.8 $16.03 New Denver BC
90 144.8 10.79 2.37 37.9 $11.21 Revelstoke BC
92 148.1 8.74 1.92 47.9 $9.78 Golden BC
190 305.8 19.63 4.32 44.0 $18.04 Okotoks AB
893 1437.1 92.60 20.37 43.9 $100.77 Totals/Avg

Accommodations:

Stayed at a great, motorcycle friendly, little place.   PICTURES HERE
True Blue Lodge. 412 B Avenue Kaslo BC.
$120/night for 2 bedroom cabin #1.
Bruce & Tammy 1-250-353-7599
 trueblue@gmail.com 

Recommendations:

Call ahead and reserve your room. there is not many places to stay in Ainsworth, Kaslo, New Denver area.
Get there early, if you want to eat. We pulled in at 10:15pm and the ONLY dinner we found was a bag of potato chips and a beer at the Kaslo hotel.

Breakfast at the Treehouse Cafe on Front Street. The place has good food, reasonable prices, and not so good washrooms.
  Steak & eggs was $11.00, for a good sized-well cooked steak. (Internet reviews of this place are from terrible to fabulous. Guess it depends on the day)