Trip 130 - May 18, 2018 (Friday)Trip on British Columbia Highway 20Williams Lake to Bella Coola (455 kilometers) |
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Distance From Vancouver to: Williams Lake (via Highway 1 East and 97 North): approximately 550 kilometers. To Bella Coola: approximately 1,000 kilometers. Liked: Very light traffic, meeting cows by the roadside, several fine mountain views. Of note: Considering the substantial length of the highway, good views are few and far in-between. No cell phone signal for most of the highway. Free-roaming livestock by the roadside. Several cattle guards on the highway. A portion of the highway is gravel. The stretch through South Tweedsmuir Provincial Park (closer to the Western end of the highway) features a very long, steep and narrow road, with enormous drop-offs and no guard rail. Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Backroad Mapbook (2015 edition) BC Highway 20 Coordinates: Pages 28-27-26-13-25-24-38-37-23-22 (Williams Lake to Bella Coola). Related Trip: Town of Bella Coola Visit. Related Websites: South Tweedsmuir Provincial Park (BC Parks Official Website), DriveBC (BC highways information). Our Hikes Off BC Highway 20: Rainbow Range Trail Hike (near Anahim Lake), Tatlayoko Lake East Trail (near Tatla Lake), Crazy Creek Trail (near Tatla Lake), The Dome Trail (near Williams Lake), M Gurr Lake Trail (by Bella Coola), Odegaard Falls Trail (by Bella Coola), Schoolhouse Falls EAST Trail (by Bella Coola), Schoolhouse Falls WEST Trail (by Bella Coola). Other Road Trip Reports: BC Highway 40 (Lillooet to Gold Bridge), TransCanada Highway 1 and BC Highway 99 Loop. British Columbia Highway 20 runs for 450+ kilometers from the town of Williams Lake in BC interior, through a few very small settlements (Riske Creek, Hanceville, Alexis Creek, Redstone, Tsi Del Del, Chilanko Forks, Tatla Lake, Kleena Kleene, Nimpo Lake, Anahim Lake, Firvale and Hagensborg) to the coastal community of Bella Coola, some 455 kilometers away. While the highway itself is by no means a scenic drive, it leads to some of the best BC wilderness, including a huge Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. We drove the entire length of Highway 20 today, and here is our trip report.
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Our Trips off BC Highway 20:
The Dome Trail |
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Schoolhouse Falls West |
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Town of Bella Coola Visit |
ihikebc.com Trip 130 - BC Highway 20 Trip
(Williams Lake to Bella Coola)