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Hope,
Princeton and the Coquihalla
Coquihalla
Highway 5
From
Hope you may take Highway
5, The Coquihalla, to Merritt
and Kamloops
(High Country) (2 hours).
You
will travel over dozens of bridges and overpasses on this journey from
the coast to the Cascades and into the semi-arid Fraser Plateau.
From
Merritt continue on Highway 5 to Kamloops. To the Okanagan
take Highway 5A and 97C (the Okanagan Connector) or Highway 3, known as
the Hope Princeton Highway or the Crowsnest Highway .
To
travel the Fraser
Canyon from Hope, take Highway 1 (Trans-Canada).

Hope Princeton Highway: (Highway 3 Crowsnest)
This
winding section of Highway
3 leads to the West Gate of Manning
Provincial Park (with four campgrounds and facilities) which is 26
km (16 miles) from Hope. To the northern border of the park is the Cascade
Provincial Recreation Area which may be accessed by horseback or on foot.
Further along Highway 3 is Allison Pass, the East Gate, Copper Mountain
Viewpoint and Princeton
(Okanagan Similkameen).
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