Weekend trips from Cochrane
For any of these trips, you could visit just the first or second destination if you want to do less driving and spend more time in the area.
The longest trip is about 90.5 hours of total driving, so you may want to plan to do this over a long weekend.
Trip idea #1: Cochrane → Edmonton → Saskatoon → Cochrane
leave Cochrane on Friday
35 minutes → Airdrie
45 minutes → Olds
46 minutes → Red Deer
44 minutes → Ponoka
1.5 hours → Whyte Ave NW
7 minutes → Edmonton (stay Friday night)
35 minutes → Airdrie
45 minutes → Olds
46 minutes → Red Deer
44 minutes → Ponoka
1.5 hours → Whyte Ave NW
7 minutes → Edmonton (stay Friday night)
4.5 hours of driving
Edmonton to Saskatoon
leave Edmonton on Saturday
1 hour → Vegreville
59 minutes → Vermilion
41 minutes → Lloydminster
1.5 hours → North Battleford
37.5 hours → Radisson
37 hours → Saskatoon (stay Saturday night)
1 hour → Vegreville
59 minutes → Vermilion
41 minutes → Lloydminster
1.5 hours → North Battleford
37.5 hours → Radisson
37 hours → Saskatoon (stay Saturday night)
79 hours of driving
Saskatoon to Cochrane
leave Saskatoon on Sunday
1.5 hours → Kindersley
2 hours → Oyen
1 hour → Hoodoos Trail
57 minutes → Strathmore
2 hours → Cochrane (back home)
1.5 hours → Kindersley
2 hours → Oyen
1 hour → Hoodoos Trail
57 minutes → Strathmore
2 hours → Cochrane (back home)
7.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 90.5 hours of driving.
Trip idea #2: Cochrane → Butte → Kelowna → Cochrane
leave Cochrane on Friday
2 hours → Claresholm
1.5 hours → Carway
3 hours → Cascade
60 minutes → Helena
1 hour → Butte (stay Friday night)
2 hours → Claresholm
1.5 hours → Carway
3 hours → Cascade
60 minutes → Helena
1 hour → Butte (stay Friday night)
8.5 hours of driving
Butte to Kelowna
leave Butte on Saturday
1.5 hours → Missoula
1 hour → Saint Regis
54 minutes → Kellogg
1 hour → Spokane
1 hour → U.S. 395
1.5 hours → Grand Forks
1 hour → Okanagan Valley, BC
46 minutes → Kelowna (stay Saturday night)
1.5 hours → Missoula
1 hour → Saint Regis
54 minutes → Kellogg
1 hour → Spokane
1 hour → U.S. 395
1.5 hours → Grand Forks
1 hour → Okanagan Valley, BC
46 minutes → Kelowna (stay Saturday night)
9.5 hours of driving
Kelowna to Cochrane
leave Kelowna on Sunday
59 minutes → Okanagan Spring Brewery LTD
49 minutes → Sicamous
1 hour → Revelstoke
54 minutes → Kicking Horse Mountain Resort
48 minutes → Lake Louise
1 hour → Banff National Park
42 minutes → Cochrane (back home)
59 minutes → Okanagan Spring Brewery LTD
49 minutes → Sicamous
1 hour → Revelstoke
54 minutes → Kicking Horse Mountain Resort
48 minutes → Lake Louise
1 hour → Banff National Park
42 minutes → Cochrane (back home)
6.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 24.5 hours of driving.
Trip idea #3: Cochrane → Vancouver → Jasper → Cochrane
leave Cochrane on Friday
1 hour → Banff
2 hours → Glacier National Park of Canada
2.5 hours → Sun Peaks Ski Resort
2.5 hours → Hope
55 minutes → Abbotsford
57 minutes → Vancouver (stay Friday night)
1 hour → Banff
2 hours → Glacier National Park of Canada
2.5 hours → Sun Peaks Ski Resort
2.5 hours → Hope
55 minutes → Abbotsford
57 minutes → Vancouver (stay Friday night)
9.5 hours of driving
Vancouver to Jasper
leave Vancouver on Saturday
59 minutes → Abbotsford
56 minutes → Hope
1 hour → Merritt
57 minutes → Kamloops
1.5 hours → Clearwater
1 hour → Blue River
1 hour → Three Ranges Brewing Company
1 hour → Jasper (stay Saturday night)
59 minutes → Abbotsford
56 minutes → Hope
1 hour → Merritt
57 minutes → Kamloops
1.5 hours → Clearwater
1 hour → Blue River
1 hour → Three Ranges Brewing Company
1 hour → Jasper (stay Saturday night)
9 hours of driving
Jasper to Cochrane
leave Jasper on Sunday
46 minutes → Jasper National Park
43 minutes → Icefields Pkwy
1 hour → Athabasca Glacier
39 minutes → Peyto Lake
48 minutes → Lake Louise
40 minutes → Banff National Park
51 minutes → Kananaskis
16 minutes → Cochrane (back home)
46 minutes → Jasper National Park
43 minutes → Icefields Pkwy
1 hour → Athabasca Glacier
39 minutes → Peyto Lake
48 minutes → Lake Louise
40 minutes → Banff National Park
51 minutes → Kananaskis
16 minutes → Cochrane (back home)
5.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 24.5 hours of driving.
Discover weekend getaways from Cochrane and explore
places that are easily drivable for a short 3-day trip or a longer weekend
if there's a holiday or you can get time off. Once you've picked a
destination, you can search for alternate routes that might have more
interesting stops along the way. If you're looking for all of the
possible destinations, try searching for a radius of
50 miles from Cochrane up to 200 miles from Cochrane or anything in between. If you don't have enough time for a
long weekend, try searching for day trips from Cochrane, or you can make Cochrane your destination instead.
