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Home > BC's Trans-Canada Highway > Hope to Kamloops Itinerary

British Columbia Trans-Canada Highway Route: Hope, BC and Kamloops via the #5 Coquihalla (toll) Highway

Here is the itinerary for the 204 km along the #5 Coquihalla (toll) Highway between Hope, BC and Kamloops, BC:

Travellers can save 75 minutes driving time between Kamloops and Hope The road is fast, twinned (ie Interstate/Autobahn standards) and passes through spectacular rugged mountain scenery. Travelling northbound from Hope, Highway 5 follows the Coquihalla River until near the toll booth, then follows the Coldwater River to Merritt. The Coquihalla Highway climbs to the summit of 1240 metre high (4068 ft) Coquihalla Pass and then crosses the top of the Thompson Plateau.

This shortcut is a toll highway, and costs $10 (2007) for cars with higher tolls for multi-axle vehicles and trucks (more on tolls).

Avalanche chutes scar the mountainsides and are a visible reminder of the steep terrain that surrounds the highway. Avalanche guns mounted on platforms beside the highway battle the elements to keep the highway open in winter, just like at Rogers Pass and at Revelstoke, to the east.

The forests here are home to Engelmann spruce, lodgepole pine, and sub-alpine fir at higher elevations, with Douglas fir and ponderosa pine at lower elevations and on benchlands. The forests and the high plateau grasslands support moose, mule deer, bears, and grouse, with some elk and mountain goats in the south. There are lots of hiking trails for travelers to get out an enjoy the surrounding nature.

Merritt is a hub where three highways converge the 5, 5A, and 8. Using 5A, you can access highway 97C to and from the Okanagan, at Peachland, just southwest of Kelowna.

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Next West: West Vancouver to Hope

Next East: Kamloops to Golden

BC Highways road condition reports for this segment.

KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
EB	WB
0	204	Junction Highway 1 and Highway 3	Hope	Map Zoom
0	204	Exit #170 WB, to Old Yale Rd, and Trans-Canada 1 North	Hope	Map Zoom
3	201	Exit #173 Old Yale Rd	Hope	Map Zoom
7	197	EB Exit #177, Highway #3 junction with Coquihalla Highway		Map Zoom
8	196	Exit #177, junction with #5 Coquihalla Southbound interchange with Highway 3, Crowsnest Hihgway		Map Zoom
14	190	Peers Creek Rd underpass		Map Zoom
14	190	Exit #183 Othello Rd exit, W to Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park and Othello Tunnels		Map Zoom
19	185	10 Mile Creek crossing		Map Zoom
21	183	Bridge over Deneau Creek		Map Zoom
23	181	Crossing Coquihalla River		Map Zoom
24	180	Exit #192 turnaround EB Exit, to Kettle Creek Railway trails at Boston ar Creek		Map Zoom
25	179	Exit #192 turnaround WB Exit, to Kettle Creek Railway trails at Boston ar Creek		Map Zoom
27	177	Exit #195 Caroline Mines Rd, turnaround		Map Zoom
31	173	Exit #200		Map Zoom
33	171	Exit #202, Portia and U-turn		Map Zoom
35	169	Chain Up Area, Pull off		Map Zoom
51	153	Coquihalla Summit		Map Zoom
54	150	Exit #221 Coquihalla Summit Rec Area		Map Zoom
58	146	Coquihalla Toll Booth	Toll Booth	Map Zoom
59	145	Exit #228 EB: Coquihalla Lakes Rest Area		Map Zoom
60	144	Exit #228 WB: Coquihalla Lakes Rest Area		Map Zoom
62	142	Coldwater Lake, to West of hwy		Map Zoom
63	141	Exit to Nicola Provincial Forest		Map Zoom
66	138	Juliet Creek Rd overpass		Map Zoom
70	134	Juliet Creek Exits, access to Juliet Station airfiled		Map Zoom
71	133	Murray Lake Rd Exit WB/SB only		Map Zoom
72	132	Crossing Coldwater River bridge, rapids N of hwy		Map Zoom
83	121	Connecting Rd, access to Coldwater River PP, camping		Map Zoom
86	118	Exit #250 Brodie Siding Rd (SE) & Fig Lake Rd (NW) observe sharp twist in rail track E of hwy		Map Zoom
89	115	Exit #256 Coldwater Rd (N/W) access to Paul's Basin Indian Reserve (15 km), Brookmere Rd (S/E)		Map Zoom
89	115	Road overpass		Map Zoom
108	96	Exit #276 Comstock Rd access to Coldwater Indian Reserve 1 (10 km), and hiking trails		Map Zoom
114	90	Exit #286 Junction Highway 5A & 97C (Nicola Ave), W to town of Merritt (2 km), all services, ccess to Joeyaska Indian Reserve 2 (1 km), Nicola Mameet Indian Reserve 1 (8 km), E to Kentucky Aleyne PP (27 km) and Peachland (100) in the Okanagan Valley	Merritt	Map Zoom
124	80	Exit #290 Junction Highway 5A (Voght St) Merritt, E to Merritt Airfield (1 kn), Nicola Lake (9 km), Zoht Indian Reserve 4 (10 km), Monk Lake PP (20 km)	Merritt	Map Zoom
140	64	Helmer Rd underpass		Map Zoom
140	64	Exit # 315 Helmer Rd & U-turn view of Helmer Lake to W of hwy		Map Zoom
160	44	Surrey-Sussex Lakes to E of hwy		Map Zoom
169	35	Exit #336 Meadow Creek Rd W to Surey & Sussex Lakes, E to Walloper Lake PP, camping		Map Zoom
174	30	Chuwheis Mountain Rd (W) Lac Le Jeune Rd (E) underpass (no access), Stake Lake to E of hwy, W to Lac Le Jeune PP, camping		Map Zoom
176	28	Desmond Lake to W of hway		Map Zoom
181	23	Exit #355 Sugarloaf Rd, tails to Sugarloaf Mountain E of hwy		Map Zoom
185	19	Sugarloaf Rd underpass		Map Zoom
188	16	Exit #362 Junction Highway 1 WB		Map Zoom
192	12	Exit #366 Copperhead Dr (S) Hillside Rd (N)	Kamloops	Map Zoom
194	10	Exit #367 Pacific Way, exit to Kenna Cartwright Park (N)	Kamloops	Map Zoom
195	9	Exit #368 Junction Princeton Kamloops Hwy (5A) (S), Hillside Way (N)	Kamloops	Map Zoom
196	8	Exit #369 Columbia Way (N) Exit EB only	Kamloops	Map Zoom
198	6	Exit #370 Summit Dr underpass, Exit WB only	Kamloops	Map Zoom
200	4	Peterson Creek, Glenfair Peterson Creek Park	Kamloops	Map Zoom
204	0	Exit #374 Junction Yellowhead Highway (5)	Kamloops	Map Zoom
KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
EB	WB