BC Highway 97C Road Conditions for the Okanogan Connector / Coquihalla Connector Road Condition Reports
Highway 97C Weather – Road Conditions Cameras
| Highway 97C (Okanagan Connector). Watch for slippery sections between Pennask Summit and Eight Mile Rd for 72.9 km (Pennask Summit to Merritt). minor road condition | last updated Sun Oct 26 at 9:13 PM PDT. |
| Highway 97C. Watch for slippery sections between Merritt and Highland Valley Copper Mine for 56.0 km (96 to 40 km south of Ashcroft). minor road condition | last updated Sun Oct 26 at 9:13 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.