Dangerous drive Hwy 1 Alberta to BC near Golden BC - gets real interesting at the six min. point

I’ve been driving that route back and forth from Calgary to Kelowna for 40 years. I found that the roads were fairly safe in themselves but the jerks who tailgate and pass when unsafe are the real problem. Thank you 👍Gary for the chance to look around without having to be focused on the driving.

Did that in a rig, dead of winter at night with 20 feet of visibility during a massive snow storm for hours. Sketchy and my brain was fried from concentrating. Unreal the amount of brutal work that just goes into making those roads in the first place. Stay safe!

11:28 I have never seen a one legged road worker before...good for him :) Thanks for the ride!

You should have seen it in the end of the 1980's around 1988 , no concrete barriers on the outside cliff no rock shields on the inside cliff narrow 2 lanes of traffic only almost no shoulder on the outside lanes to the canyon bottom and no shoulders on the inside cliff above, it was one of the most dangerous highways in North America back then and in the fall deer and sheep walked the highway at night, many a truck and vehicle could be seen at the bottom of the canyon and it was to far down for recovery so they let them pile up at the bottom of many outside turns below, it's a very safe highway now compared to back then and even before then.

What was very interesting is at 11:20 to 11:29 into the video, is the one lagged construction worker crossing the road. This is proof positive that people with disabilities can do the work that normal people think they can't. Thanks for posting this.

What a change. Wow. People have no idea what this used to be like to drive before they started upgrading it.

The engineering to 4 lane this section of the TCH is mindboggling. Been driving this every 2-3 months for 15 years. The entire road from Kamloops to Banff has been really cool to watch the transformation.

I worked on that bridge at the beginning of the video as a crane operator. Seeing this brought back memories of hours of sitting at -12 C inside the cab holding up rock scalers on the sides of that cut.

I don't think anyone who has driven on other mountain roads both in Canada, the US and in Europe, will find this one a nailbiter. Yes, it is worse in adverse weather conditions and trickier while there is road repair but honestly, it is a gorgeous stretch of really good road and I, too, have been driving it every couple of years or more for the last 40 years.

Thank you for taking me along. I dont travel but it gives me a chance to see Canada.

Drove this in the middle of the night in a snowstorm in my small sedan. Scariest night of my life and I recommend NO ONE do that. Get a motel and go in the morning. I was young and dumb.

About 25 years ago I drove this road at night in December with snow flurries. I just sat a safe distance behind a semi-trailer and followed the red tail lights. I tip my hat to anyone who has to drive roads like this in all weather for a living.

Always been an impressive trip. First started running through there in 1968. A lot has changed. Thank goodness for the Jake in our beautiful BC mountains. Thanks for sharing.

As long as you can do it without using your foot brake it is safe enough. It only gets dangerous if you are going too fast for just the Jake. Yes you may annoy the people behind you but screw them, better to be alive and disliked than a popular corpse.

This should be a mandatory training video for all those drivers who went off the road on the Hope - Princeton recently. Great job of keeping the rig under control in difficult terrain

I really enjoyed watching this video😊thanks for sharing 😋😇🙏

Hello , I’m a trucker and have been running these highways for over 25 years , I would like to add when driving through these mountain passes , if you are driving a four wheeler or even a tractor trailer combination, the best thing is take you’re time and keep you’re speed according to the road conditions, it’s been so many trips through the mountains that I’ve seen emergency response with a covered car or pickup truck , meaning there is someone or some people , who are not coming home ever , even on those nice sunny days when the roads are dry and clear , speed was mostly the factor , speeding and taking corners or being in a hurry gets people killed , please if you feel like you have a need for speed do it on a private race track where it is made for fast driving all the best be safe out there , trucker Kelly .

As a former Oilfield driver in Colorado and New Mexico US and after driving over 2 million miles on American highways I can tell you that ANY mountain pass is doable with the right gear and speed....trick is being cautious until comfortable....take care out there....Alberta is beautiful.

What I remember most from my visit to Canada in the 70's was the lack of ugly billboards. Just enjoyed the beautiful scenery....glad that hasn't changed!

Man, I've never been in a big rig but you can tell he's reading that road as far ahead as he can see. Not knowing what could be around the bend must be nerve racking. I guess you'd really want to know how to use your gears to keep the speed down. Freaking nerves of steel, Respect!