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Old Nov 11, 2013 | 8:31 am
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Originally Posted by Antonio8069
Crossing the border at North Dakota adds 300 km to your drive, and most of it is not very scenic.

In the alternative, I recommend driving to Spokane, then go north via Nelson, Castelgar, etc. Very pretty and you avoid the big loop north (where at times they close the road @ Golden due to rock slides, avalanche blasting, etc. Welcome to Canada!
I have to strongly disagree. The stretch between Calgary and Golden is not to be missed - And your suggested routing will cost them Banff & Lake Louise altogether.

Certainly the road in Rogers Pass is closed now and again, but this is very rare and they work very quickly to keep the road open.
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