Serk, if it works out for you to make it up into or through BC, please know that you can contact me, Gordonv, or just post on the BC board and you'll get a response to specific questions, or just general suggestions if you wish. The stricter border crossings have been lifted. I believe effective April 1 you just have to be vaccinated, and register using the ArriveCan app. Testing is no longer required. There are other fantastic mountainous regions in the South to ride as well as the Rockies if you're not carrying on to the North.
Sounds good! Any chance with the border relaxing some of ya'll might be at Billings too?
Taking what you said, and some input from others I've been tweaking the route a bit, does this look a little saner? Still pretty crazy, I know averaging 400 miles a day for 10 days is a slog, but that's also part of the adventure...
Two possibilities, the Banff route:
https://goo.gl/maps/SiY3M7StNhEhPPsz7Or shave a few hundred miles (or those kill a meter or whatever ya'll call those things
) off and stick south of Banff and smaller areas (From Street view looks not quite as majestic as Banff but still pretty darn nice scenery!)
https://goo.gl/maps/12QDiGego46p3LjH9 Yes, a little saner. If you want to get up to the Rockies I guess you'll want the quickest way up there to save time. If you decide to leave that for another ride another time and you just want to pop up into Canada for a couple days, then I'd suggest hitting the Kootenay region...mountains, lakes, windy roads, wildlife, not a ton of traffic, neat old towns with lots of history...the whole shebang. Maybe cut East from Cutbank MT on #2 and then up through Northern ID on 2 to 95 to Creston BC. Highway 3A to Kootenay Lake ferry is amazing, then take "the longest free ferry ride in North America" across the lake and then 3 to Kaslo (see the "largest intact original Paddlewheeler in the world"); 31A to New Denver (listed as a top MC road in the country) then down along Slocan Lake through the gorgeous Valhalla Provincial Park to Nelson; then South across the border and keep inland until you get past Greater Seattle towards your desired PCH route. Definitely steer clear of Portland the way back as well...there's some nice riding East of there. Again, once you have a feel for what you'd like to accomplish when the time comes, can always help out with other suggestions if you'd like.
Re: Inzane...would be nice and did think about it for a bit, but travelling up North to spend time with our 3 granddaughters trumped hanging out with a bunch of cool guys and gals on Valks and assorted Hondas, etc in Billings this June. Should be a few Canucks there though, as well as a few of our Valhalla brothers & sisters from WA. Sounds like you're gonna have a fantastic 2-3 week ride, whichever route you decide upon
