Radium Hot Springs
Cranbrook to Radium or Bust
We moseyed our way from Cranbrook to Radium arriving a little after 1 pm. A short, scenic drive.
Our campground, The Canyon RV Resort, is down a long, really steep road. The “prime” campsites abut the Sinclair Creek, a fast flowing, pristine stream that goes through the middle of the campground. We’re in the cheap seats in the balcony row:
It IS in a canyon
We’ve experienced some exceptional scenery during our trip, but Holy Cow is this area of Canada beautiful. Many of the streams we drove past were turquoise and there was still snow on some of the mountain peaks.
A Wayside on our Way to Radium
Our Campsite . . .
. . . and our Neighbors
PREPARING FOR BANFF
We’ll be heading to the Trailer Court Campground in Banff on Wednesday, but decided to get the jump on things by purchasing our Parks Canada “passes” . . . actually two annual, over 65, Discover passes . . .
The best bargain for a multi-day park stay
We also investigated part of the mountain road to Banff because we were concerned about how steep it was. Turns out, pretty steep.
In less than 10 miles from Radium, the elevation changes from 808 m (2651 ft) to 1480 m (4856 ft) with stretches of grades staring at 11% (yeow!), then 6%, and finally 8%. While it didn’t seem like too much while driving up in our Jeep, our 18-year-old RV handles a bit differently. Though our motorhome’s diesel has enough torque, you have to be very careful not to let the engine overheat. We’ll see tomorrow.
It’s All About the Grade
FINALLY . . .
There a good chance we won’t be posting anything while in Banff. There’s no WiFi, our Verizon data is limited, and our HughesNet Gen 5 sat dish may not work up here.
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