Kamloops Motorcycle Touring Routes - Route 7 - Western Heritage Explorer
Make Kamloops your home-base while you tour on your motorcycle to explore all the great riding areas Kamloops has to offer. Take in the awesome Fraser Canyon and enjoy the winding highways as they follow the rivers. Whatever the destination, visitors will return to Kamloops with vibrant memories of the day's driving tour.
MT 1 - Pursuit of the Gold Rush
MT 3 - Hot Springs Adventure Loop
MT 4 - Thompson Okanagan Explorer
MT 5 - Thompson Shuswap Expedition
MT 6 - Western Heritage Explorer
ROUTE 7 - Western Heritage Explorer
Kamloops - Cache Creek - Spences bridge - Hope - Princeton - Merritt (5A) - Kamloops
Total Distance: 592 kms (366 miles)
Total Time: 6 hours 30 minutes
1. Kamloops - Cache Creek
Distance: 83 kms (52 miles)
Approximate Time: 1 hour
Route: Highway 1 west
Origin/Destination: Head west on Highway 1 until you reach Cache Creek
Highlights: Tobiano Golf Course
2. Cache Creek - Spences Bridge
Distance: 50 kms (31 miles)
Approximate Time: 40 minutes
Route: Highway 1 south
Origin/Destination: Follow Highway 1 south until you reach Spences Bridge
Highlights: Log Cabin Inn, Hell's Gate Airtram, Big horn sheep, Historic Hat Creek Ranch
3. Spences Bridge - Hope
Distance: 145 kms (90 miles)
Approximate Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Route: Highway 1 south
Origin/Destination: Follow Highway 1 south until you reach Hope
Highlights: Skinny's Grill, Elvis Rocks
4. Hope - Princeton
Distance: 135 kms (84 miles)
Approximate Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Route: Highway 3 west (Crowsnest Pass)
Origin/Destination: At Hope, get on Highway 3 and follow it east until you reach Princeton
Highlights: Hope Slide, Manning Park
5. Princeton - Merritt
Distance: 89 kms (55 miles)
Approximate Time: 1 hour, 20 mins
Route: Highway 5A north
Origin/Destination: At Princeton, turn off on Highway 5A and follow it north until you reach Merritt
Highlights: Take it slow and enjoy the scenery while passing by many small lakes and grasslands
6. Merritt - Kamloops
Distance: 90 kms (54 miles)
Approximate Time: 1 hour
Route: Highway 5A north
Origin/Destination: At Merritt follow Highway 5 North and then make a right onto Highway 5A north, the old Merritt Highway.
Highlights: Scenic drive with good roads and good turns.
*Note - distances and driving times are approximate
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