The zipline tours sound really fun. I haven't been yet but my coworker raved about it.


It's a nice drive (most of the time) to Whistler. The village is nice and there are lots of good hikes. There's the odd festival and event but they typically aren't compelling enough to make us want to head up.

The drive up has some good viewpoints of the ocean, some waterfalls, etc along the way. As mentioned, construction will likely slow you down or an accident can clog the route to a standstill. If have enough time to do all your must sees in Banff & Jasper with a lot of time to spare, yes, I'd probably recommend heading up along the Sea to Sky highway as your first leg. I haven't crunched the numbers but I'm thinking it'd be a lot of extra hours to go via the Sea to Sky versus just heading east and then up the Coquihalla.