This video shows a few moments of our drive down the Meadows-in-the-Sky Parkway, north of Revelstoke. The 26 KM parkway was built (gasp) in 1914-1917, as a pet project of the local townspeople. They continue to view the wondrous road to the 6360-ft top of Revelstoke Mountain as "their park". Now, it seems like most mountain-climbing "park" roads in the US were built in the 1930's as WPA projects.
We kept a respectful pace up and down the mountain in our Spider, but nevertheless had a blast dealing with the 20 or more sharp hairpin corners. These were marked as "20KM/Hr" and they meant it. The corners looked to be laid out with the same template, as their radius were virtually all identical, only varying L-vs-R hand and grade on entry and exit. The road bed was smooth and encouraged 2nd-gear punch out. Kathy took a few short videos, and I will try to add one here later for your pleasure.
Only scare so far with the Spider was at the top, where she did not want to idle in the parking lot. After I parked, Kathy noted a humming/wheezing noise continuing, and it turned out to be the gas tank relieve valve. Seems I gained too much elevation too quickly for the system to cope with, so I opened the gas cap and "whosh"; everything was fine again.
Up at the top we took a 2-3 KM hike to view the scenery. Spectacular. An Indian stands watch over the view. At the summit is one of the few remaining fire tower buildings in Canada.
We kept a respectful pace up and down the mountain in our Spider, but nevertheless had a blast dealing with the 20 or more sharp hairpin corners. These were marked as "20KM/Hr" and they meant it. The corners looked to be laid out with the same template, as their radius were virtually all identical, only varying L-vs-R hand and grade on entry and exit. The road bed was smooth and encouraged 2nd-gear punch out. Kathy took a few short videos, and I will try to add one here later for your pleasure.
Only scare so far with the Spider was at the top, where she did not want to idle in the parking lot. After I parked, Kathy noted a humming/wheezing noise continuing, and it turned out to be the gas tank relieve valve. Seems I gained too much elevation too quickly for the system to cope with, so I opened the gas cap and "whosh"; everything was fine again.
Up at the top we took a 2-3 KM hike to view the scenery. Spectacular. An Indian stands watch over the view. At the summit is one of the few remaining fire tower buildings in Canada.