Calgary to Vancouver - time lapse - pt. 1 of 5

This is the first part in a series of videos that shows the drive from Calgary, AB to Vancouver, BC. The route is largely on the Trans-Canada Highway. The exception is the stretch from Kamloops, BC to Hope, BC where I followed the Coquihalla highway. This is the fastest route between the two Olympic cities.

This first video covers the stretch between Calgary, AB and Field, BC. It goes past Canmore, Banff and Lake Louise before finishing at Field.

There were a lot of stop-and-go portions around Lake Louise due to road construction there, and because of this I cut most of this out. Road construction and tourist traffic generally don't mix well.

There was also a brief stop at the Spiral Tunnels which is located part way down the Kicking Horse Pass. Although the tunnels cannot be seen on the video they are worth a mention. They are two railway tunnels built to lessen the slope going up and down the Kicking Horse Pass. The modern highway roughly follows the original route of the railroad, the slope of which was too steep for trains to safely travel. The two spiral tunnels created a much safer grade for the trains to follow.

This was filmed on August 8, 2009 at 20x rate.

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• time
• lapse
• timelapse
• time-lapse
• drive-lapse
• drivelapse
• Calgary
• Canmore
• Banff
• Lake
• Louise
• Alberta
• Field
• British
• Columbia
• AB
• BC
• Trans-Canada
• highway
• Bullfrog
• Blues
• Rory
• Gallagher

[BeyondHope1000]

good driving tunes.... classic music with Rory Gallagher.

[canadianentropy]

@BeyondHope1000 Thanks! I try to use tunes on my driving videos that I would likely play while on such trips. Gallagher was great, and not nearly appreciated enough. :)

[AmaryllisTV]

Driving to B.C. is looong....but so worth it's, so breathtakingly beautiful. Thanks for sharing :)

[canadianentropy]

@AmaryllisTV Thanks for watching. :)

[23SLAVO23]

very nice im gonna see all 7 parts :D

[canadianentropy]

@23SLAVO23 Thanks for watching!  :)

[canadianentropy]

@shadysalman You're welcome! Thanks for watching. :)

[shadysalman]

@canadianentropy Thanks mate and thanks for sharing your road videos. :)

[canadianentropy]

@shadysalman Thanks! I used a Pentax Optio 750Z set to 20x.

[shadysalman]

Beautiful stretch of road. Please can you share what camera were you using and what were the interval settings for timelapse.