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Originally Posted by ooobaby
Two years ago I borrowed a friends Garmin Quest for a trip up to Jasper through the Canadian Rockies and back down through Britsh Columbia. It worked great except there were a couple of times it recommended what I would classify as a fire road as the shortest distance, NOT. Also it wasn't waterproof so I had to put a plastic baggie over it a couple times. I just got a Zumo 450 for all the reasons already mentioned. I'd have gotten the 550 except I prefer Sirius to XM (although it's now in front of the FTC as to whether or not they get to merge) and I already have a Sirius receiver which worked great on my trip to Canada. I don't think I'd need traffic since I try to stick to the open spaces, but weather might be nice.
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One of the greatest rides in Western Canada. I live about 3 hours from Jasper and the ride from Jasper down to Banff through the kootneys is a sport/touring riders dream. Another good trip is from Jasper to Valemount down to Kamloops into the Okanagan and Kelowna south to Pentiction, over the boarder in Osoyoos then head where ever you like in the US. BC is amazing for bike trips.
