Road trip to Calgary.

[Magickiwi]

I've never even owned tire chains and I've never had a single issue with getting over the Croq. Truth told I've never even owned snow tires either and I ain't exactly a city boy. But S. Alberta doesn't get the crazy snow that places like Hope and Vernon get...

[mike31154]

Not sure what the current laws are for winter driving in Alberta, they vary across the country & places like Yukon & Nunavut actually don't care. On the other hand Quebec has legislation requiring all vehicles licensed there to switch to winter tires.

In any case, it's your neck & any passengers riding with you. A couple of years ago I ended up in the ditch even with winter tires south of Golden. It was snowing on Rogers Pass, as I came down into Golden it turned into torrential rain & an hour south of Golden the wet rainy road turned into a sheet of ice. I didn't have the vehicle in 4x4 & the ice caught me off guard on a straight stretch of road. Lucky there was no traffic, although shortly after I ended up in the ditch on the opposite side of the road, a semi came over a rise from the other direction. Stopped & said he'd like to help out but couldn't. A few minutes later a dude named Dave saved me a big towing bill by yanking me out of the ditch.

http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/SeasonalDriv...er_chains.html

[Myanth]

Porbably looking at more than 9 hours - I'd say 11 -12 is what it usually takes me, and that's running speed limit + a bit. Calgary has lots of good salt water, but make sure you get a frag pack from Coral Master. Greg's stuff is incredible.

[WarDog]

Thanks for all the great info... maybe I will wait until next summer!

[mike31154]

Fly. Get you there in no time. Don't need winter tires. Rent a car when you get there. Cost will probably be not that far off the price of fuel & hours of driving the round trip.