SideHillSoup
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Just a heads up:
BC Hwy 37 ( Cassiar Hwy) is closed between Bob Quinn Lake and Dease Lake because of Washout. Crews are working on it and next update is at 10:am May 8, 2023.
Scroll down to Hwy 37.
Also there are Wildfires near the Alaska Hwy from around Dawson Creek to north of Fort St. John.
BC Wildfires
There are also huge wildfires in Alberta from east of Jasper all the way north to east of Fort St.John BC, even one up to the Yukon boarder.
Alberta wild fires
DriveBC indicates visibility issues on the Alaska hwy ( BC hwy 97) north of Dawson Creek, earlier today, however that warning has been lifted as of the typing of this.
Keep an eye on the News for theses areas if you’re headed north through BC and Alberta.
Safe travels.
Soup.
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SideHillSoup
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I just found the map showing the smoke path.
BC and Alberta wildfire smoke.
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ppine
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The same problems we have in the US. Too much fire suppression and not enough logging. Remoteness and lack of access is even worse.
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Hey thanks, Soup. We were just talking about maybe a trip up the AlCan later this summer to AK.
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Smoke has already made it to the east coast. Did make for a gorgeous sunset! It's high up so we didn't get any odor or any ill effects.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be Douglas Adams
RV-less for now but our spirits are still on the open road.
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StirCrazy
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SideHillSoup wrote:Just a heads up:
BC Hwy 37 ( Cassiar Hwy) is closed between Bob Quinn Lake and Dease Lake because of Washout. Crews are working on it and next update is at 10:am May 8, 2023.
Scroll down to Hwy 37.
Also there are Wildfires near the Alaska Hwy from around Dawson Creek to north of Fort St. John.
BC Wildfires
There are also huge wildfires in Alberta from east of Jasper all the way north to east of Fort St.John BC, even one up to the Yukon boarder.
Alberta wild fires
DriveBC indicates visibility issues on the Alaska hwy ( BC hwy 97) north of Dawson Creek, earlier today, however that warning has been lifted as of the typing of this.
Keep an eye on the News for theses areas if you’re headed north through BC and Alberta.
Safe travels.
Soup.
miss read east for west lol
Steve
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edited 05/09/23 09:10am by StirCrazy *
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happycamper1942
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Planning a trip from our home on Vancouver Island to the Banff and Rockies in general in Late August-early September, and returning via the Okanagan. I've already reserved a few spots in the busier areas, but I'm beginning to think I may have to cancel and stay on the Island. I'll be keeping a careful eye on the long range forecasts as I don't want to leave it too late to cancel and lose my deposits.
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SideHillSoup
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happycamper1942 wrote:Planning a trip from our home on Vancouver Island to the Banff and Rockies in general in Late August-early September, and returning via the Okanagan. I've already reserved a few spots in the busier areas, but I'm beginning to think I may have to cancel and stay on the Island. I'll be keeping a careful eye on the long range forecasts as I don't want to leave it too late to cancel and lose my deposits.
Living in the Kootenays we have wildfires and smoke just about every year now, last year was good relatively speaking.
I know that Banff & Jasper campground are either fully booked or are close to it for the summer.Now because of the smoke some people may have canceled but talking with a neighbour, he was scrambling to find a spot or a couple of nights in August.
I do know that around here the last couples Leto weeks seethe campgrounds start to empty out except for Labour Day weekend. After Labour Day, there are only us Grey Hairs hanging around. The only time I make a reservation in the Kootenays after the third week of August is Labour day weekend.
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StirCrazy
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happycamper1942 wrote:Planning a trip from our home on Vancouver Island to the Banff and Rockies in general in Late August-early September, and returning via the Okanagan. I've already reserved a few spots in the busier areas, but I'm beginning to think I may have to cancel and stay on the Island. I'll be keeping a careful eye on the long range forecasts as I don't want to leave it too late to cancel and lose my deposits.
making rash decisions in May on what things will be like in September will drive you crazy. I would book your sites and plan your trip you can always cancel in Aug. if you feel like it. By September everything is good anyways its July mid Aug. when we get a lot of smoke but that has only been about 4 of the last 10 years so you never know what's going to happen.
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happycamper1942
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Yes, if you see in my post I have already made my main reservations and will wait as long as I can before making any rash decisions.
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