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DriveBC provides up-to-date reports on Coquihalla Highway conditions, including live webcams in several locations. [23] Owing to its reputation, Highway 5 is featured predominantly in the reality docuseries Highway Thru Hell, which follows a group of towing companies that operate in the Interior and Highway 5. [24]
Southern Yellowhead Highway, Coquihalla Highway (Kamloops–Hope) 1953 Current Passes through Merritt and Kamloops; signed with the "Yellowhead" marker. Hwy 5: 184 114 Hwy 3 (now Hwy 3A) at Kaleden: Hwy 1 near Salmon Arm — 1941 1953 Replaced by Hwy 97 and Hwy 97A. Hwy 5A: 182 113 Hwy 3 in Princeton: Hwy 1 (TCH) / Hwy 5 / Hwy 97 in Kamloops
Highways 97C and 5A share the 24 km (15 mi) long route between Aspen Grove and the Coquihalla Highway at Meritt, where Highway 5A continues northeast and Highway 8 begins. Highways 97C and 8 travel along Nicola Avenue through Merritt and share a 9 km (5.6 mi) concurrency to Lower Nicola , where Highway 8 continues west to Spences Bridge and ...
Highway 5A is Highway 5's pre-1986 alignment south of Kamloops. Unlike the main route, a section of BC Highway 5 known as the Coquihalla, which is a twinned highway consisting of at least 4 lanes at any given point, the 182 km (113 mi) long Highway 5A is only two lanes, with one four lane section between Highway 5 and Highway 97C (known as the Okanagan Connector), lasting along BC Highway 5A ...
Coquihalla Summit Recreation Area is a provincial recreation area centred around Coquihalla Summit. It encompasses 5,750 hectares (14,200 acres) of forested mountain slopes stretching from Portia Peak in the southwest to Coquihalla Lakes in the northeast.
Needle Peak is a prominent 2,095-metre (6,873-foot) mountain summit located in the Coquihalla Summit Recreation Area, in the North Cascades of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. [3] It is situated immediately southwest of Coquihalla Summit, and 4.2 km (3 mi) south-southwest of Yak Peak. [2]
Coquihalla Canyon Park is on the north shore of the Coquihalla River in southwestern British Columbia. This provincial park includes the Othello Tunnels to the east and the mouth of the Nicolum River to the south. [2] The tunnels were part of the Kettle Valley Railway (KV). Off Othello Rd, the locality is by road about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east ...
Yak Peak is a granite summit located adjacent the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia north of Hope. [2] The mountain lies less than one km from a highway rest area, and is easily visible from a long stretch of the highway just south of the summit. It is known for some fine granite rock climbing routes, notably Yak Crack.