BC Highway 97C Road Conditions for the Okanogan Connector / Coquihalla Connector Road Condition Reports
Highway 97C Weather – Road Conditions Cameras
| Highway 97C. Utility work planned between Eight Mile Rd and Junction Hwy 97D for 2.0 km (58 to 60 km south of Ashcroft). Starting Sun Mar 30 at 7:00 AM PDT until Sun Mar 30 at 5:00 PM PDT. Single lane alternating traffic will be in effect. Watch for traffic control personnel. minor construction | last updated Thu Mar 20 at 10:29 AM PDT. |
| Highway 97C. Utility work planned between Brolin Rd and Junction Hwy 97D for 0.6 km (55 to 56 km south of Ashcroft). Starting Thu Mar 27 at 7:00 AM PDT until Thu Mar 27 at 5:00 PM PDT. Single lane alternating traffic will be in effect. Watch for traffic control personnel. minor construction | last updated Thu Mar 20 at 10:36 AM PDT. |
| Highway 97C. Watch for falling rocks between Merritt and Landon Rd for 58.1 km (38 to 96 km south of Ashcroft). minor incident | last updated Sun Mar 23 at 5:32 PM PDT. |
| Highway 97C (Okanagan Connector). Fog patches between Junction Hwy 97 and Pennask Summit for 33.0 km (West Kelowna to Pennask Summit). minor weather condition | last updated Mon Mar 24 at 7:03 PM PDT. |
Coquihalla Conditions Hwy5 and 97C
Highway 97C Weather and Road Condition Cameras
RCMP Offices in British Columbia
The expressway and freeway sections of the highway are known as Okanagan Connector or Coquihalla Connector.
Highway 97C begins near Peachland, on Highway 97 . The highway’s highest altitude is the Pennask Summit, 1,728 m (5,669 ft) above sea level.
Hwy 97C travels 82 km (51 mi) northwest from Peachland to Aspen Grove, where it converges with Highway 5A.
Highways 97C Okanogan Connector and 5A share the 24 km (15 mi) long route between Aspen Grove and the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) at Meritt BC, where Highway 5A continues northeast and Highway 8 begins.
Highways 97C and 8 travel along Nicola Avenue through Merritt and share a 9 km (5.6 mi) concurrency to Lower Nicola, where Highway 8 continues west to Spences Bridge and Highway 97C diverges north.
Hwy 97C travels north for 42 km (26 mi) to Logan Lake. It then travels northwest for 57 km (35 mi) to Ashcroft and then west from Ashcroft BC over to Highway 1.Highway 97C then travels 6 km (4 mi) west from Ashcroft to where it converges with Highway 1, which takes Highway 97C north for its final 5 km (3 mi) to its end at Highway 97 in Cache Creek.