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There are 8 ways to get from Nanaimo to Trail by plane, ferry, bus, car, or shuttle

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Fly Nanaimo to Trail Airport
best
1. Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Trail Airport (YZZ)plane ZNA - YZZ
2h 44m
$313–753
Fly Nanaimo to Castlegar Airport
cheapest
1. Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Castlegar Airport (YCG)plane ZNA - YCG
4h 7m
$66–421
Ferry, bus
1. Take the ferry from Nanaimo Ferry Terminal to Vancouver Ferry Terminalferry
2. Take the bus from New Westminster, BC - Braid Station to Greenwood, BC - 494 Dundee Streetbus
3. Take the bus from Greenwood, BC to Trail, BCbus
14h 28m
Ferry, drive
1. Take the ferry from Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bayferry West Vancouver - Nanaimo
2. Drive from Horseshoe Bay to Trailcar
9h 36m
$138–341
Fly Nanaimo Airport to Castlegar Airport
1. Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Castlegar Airport (YCG)plane YCD - YCG
7h 21m
$81–556
Fly Nanaimo Airport to Kelowna International Airport, shuttle
1. Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Kelowna International Airport (YLW)plane YCD - YLW
2. Take a shuttle bus from Kelowna International Airport to Red Mountain Resort, Rossland BCshuttle
7h 38m
Fly Nanaimo Airport to Trail Airport
1. Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Trail Airport (YZZ)plane YCD - YZZ
5h 36m
$373–943
Ferry, bus via West Kelowna
1. Take the ferry from Nanaimo Ferry Terminal to Vancouver Ferry Terminalferry
2. Take the bus from Vancouver, BC - Pacific Central Station to West Kelowna, BC - Eastbound on Dobbin Roadbus
3. Take the bus from Kelowna, BC to Trail, BCbus
15h 17m

Nanaimo (ZNA) to Trail Airport (YZZ) flights

13Weekly Planes

2h 52mAverage Duration

$283Cheapest Price

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Distance: 470.8 km
Duration: 2h 44m

What companies run services between Nanaimo, BC, Canada and Trail, BC, Canada?

Harbour Air Seaplanes and Pacific Coastal Airlines fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Trail Airport (YZZ) twice daily.

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Trail, Canada

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Things to do in Trail

Pend Oreille River(Opens in a new window)

The Pend Oreille River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 130 mi long, in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington in the United States, as well as southeastern British Columbia in Canada. In its passage through British Columbia its name is spelled Pend-d'Oreille River. It drains a scenic area of the Rocky Mountains along the U.S.-Canada border on the east side of the Columbia. The river is sometimes defined as the lower part of the Clark Fork, which rises in western Montana. The river drains an area of 66800 km2, mostly through the Clark Fork and its tributaries in western Montana and including a portion of the Flathead River in southeastern British Columbia. The full drainage basin of the river and its tributaries accounts for 43% of the entire Columbia River Basin above the confluence with the Columbia. The total area of the Pend Oreille basin is just under 10% of the entire 258000 mi2 Columbia Basin. Box Canyon Dam is currently underway on a multi million dollar project for a fish ladder.

Champion Lakes Provincial Park(Opens in a new window)

Champion Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of the city of Trail in the province's West Kootenay region.

Red Mountain Resort(Opens in a new window)

Red Mountain Resort is a ski resort in western Canada, located on Granite, Grey, and Red Mountains in Rossland, a former gold mining town in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Red Mountain is one of the oldest ski hills in North America, with a history dating back to the creation of the Red Mountain Ski Club (RMSC) in the first decade of the 1900s. Red Mountain is located in the Monashee Mountains just north of the U.S. border. Like other ski hills in the British Columbia Interior, it has a reputation for light, dry powder, with yearly snowfall of 750 cm.

Waneta Dam(Opens in a new window)

Waneta Dam is a concrete gravity-type hydroelectric dam on the Pend d'Oreille River 9 km downstream from Seven Mile Dam in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It supplies electric power to Teck Resources metallurgical operations at Trail, British Columbia and for BC Hydro which since 2009 has a 1/3 ownership of the facility. It is located near the mouth of the Pend d'Oreille River just before it empties into the Columbia River, slightly north of the Canada–United States border. The powerplant currently has four units and has a capacity of 450 megawatts.

Places to stay in Trail

Best Western Plus Columbia River Hotel(Opens in a new window)

8.3Very Good

Glenwood Inn & Suites(Opens in a new window)

8.2Very Good

Ray Lyn Motel(Opens in a new window)

8.2Very Good

Crown Columbia Hotel; BW Premier Collection(Opens in a new window)

9.2Superb

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