Trans-Canada Highway Closure Now In Effect, with redirection/detour
Full access between Lake Louise and Field via #1.
From Dec 1 to Dec 23
From December 1 to December 23, expect daytime stoppages of up to 1/2 hour between 9 am and 3 pm and between 8 pm and 10 pm daily, with overnight full closures from 10 pm to 7 am
From Dec 23- Jan 4
From December 23 @3pm to January 4th @noon there shall be NO REROUTING via Radium.
We will post further updates tot he schedule over the Winter months, when they become available
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During closures, detour south through Radium on Hwy 95/93, which can add up to 90 minutes travel time.
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ALSO: The Highway 93 through Yoho National Park has very limited cellphone coverage. Parks Canada has provided satellite phones that connect directly to Banff Dispatch for 24/7 emergency service. These call boxes are at key spots in the highway:
- Marble Canyon Day Use Area
- Simpson River Trailhead
- Kootenay Crossing operations centre
- Kootenay River Day Use Area
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This detour is in effect during SPRING & FALL SHOULDER SEASONS for 2021 and 2022. It is not in effect during summer tourist seasons and during winter ski seasons.
Castle-Radium Detour Map
See route details of this detour
Kicking Horse Phase 4 Construction Details
While The Highway is closed (April -May 2021, October-November 2021 and again in 2022) significant blasting and building is being done on a 4 kilometre stretch to both 4-lane and straighten this dangerous section of the Trans-Canada, which has until now had a 40 km speed limit on its 2 lanes of traffic
[See high-resolution PDF version of this] [See high-resolution PDF version of structure labels]
TransCanadaHighway.com rendering of impact of straightening the highway on the west section of the above map.
Image sourced from the Interim Report on the Kicking Horse Canyon Project Phase 4
