Q: We are travelling in July/August (2008), the busy period and are looking for natural beauty and quiet campsites.... not swathes of tarmac. It would be useful to know how long it might be best to stay in any given place ( we have to weeks to cover the distance and want to squeeze in as much as possible).
A: Check out the campgrounds in the national parks - a couple really nice ones in Yoho, check out Yoho Valley near Field, and Chancellor Peak a few miles further west. In Glacier (between Golden and Revelstoke), Illicilewat Glacier is a very nice campground with most services, and interpretive programs by the parks staff. Mount Revelstoke has a campground near the base of the mountain, close to the Flowers in the Sky Parkway (don't miss it, the alpine flowers will be out about that time). If you want a full service campground with showers and laundry facilities, Canyon Hot Springs (35 km east of Revelstoke) has all that and also trail rides and a nice hot spring and swimming pool and restaurant. If you want to check out Kootenay Park, its a bit of a detour, but well worth the drive. It takes you down through Radium Hot Springs and north on Highway 95 to Golden, where you hook up with the Trans Canada again. Once you hit Kamloops, you have the choice of the Coquihalla or the Fraser Canyon - I would go the Canyon route (Highway 1) if there is enough time. Lots of great private campgrounds down that route.
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