Canada, British Columbia
The Sea to Sky Highway is one of North America's finest roads and it starts at the city edge.
First instinct from Vancouver: head north on the Sea to Sky.
Scored roads in range
5
Nearest great road
29 mi
Best rated nearby
9.4 / 10
Shortest full loop
4 hr 27 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Every road in the library carries a driving and scenery score set by the same method. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 22 March 2026
Under 60 km from the centre
Close enough for an evening run or a Sunday morning before the traffic wakes up.
Roughly 4 hr 27 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 8 hr 3 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
85 mi away · British Columbia
An empty mountain road of long climbs and glacial lakes beyond Whistler.
99 km · 61.5 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
88 mi away · Washington
A climb from sea level to an Olympic ridge with the Strait of Juan de Fuca behind you.
29 km · 18 mi · Atlas rating 9.0 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 14 hr 53 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
117 mi away · Washington
Glacier peaks, turquoise reservoirs and long clean sweepers with almost no traffic.
114 km · 70.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
118 mi away · British Columbia
Three mountain passes, canyon walls and long empty straights through the interior.
250 km · 155.3 mi · Atlas rating 8.8 / 10
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