There are 9 ways to get from San Francisco, CA to Whistler by plane, bus, train, subway or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly San Francisco to Vancouver, Express Bus to Whistler • 8 h 9 min
$134 - $544
Cheapest option
Bus, Express Bus to Whistler • 28 h 43 min
$118 - $319
7 alternative options
Fly Oakland to Vancouver, Express Bus to Whistler • 9 h 37 min
$148 - $556
Caltrain to San Jose, fly to Vancouver, Express Bus to Whistler • 9 h 24 min
$139 - $618
BART to Oakland, fly to Bellingham, Express Bus to Whistler • 9 h 34 min
$153 - $701
Fly San Francisco to Seattle, train, Express Bus to Whistler • 12 h 1 min
$151 - $403
Fly Oakland to Seattle, train, Express Bus to Whistler • 12 h
$155 - $415
Train, Express Bus to Whistler • 31 h 12 min
$176 - $488
Drive • 18 h 9 min
$130 - $200
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco, CA to Whistler is to drive which costs $130 - $200 and takes 18 h 9 min.
The quickest way to get from San Francisco, CA to Whistler is to fly and Express Bus to Whistler which costs $130 - $550 and takes 8 h 9 min.
The distance between San Francisco, CA and Whistler is 857 miles. The road distance is 1031.4 miles.
The best way to get from San Francisco, CA to Whistler without a car is to bus and Express Bus to Whistler which takes 28 h 43 min and costs $110 - $320.
It takes approximately 8 h 9 min to get from San Francisco, CA to Whistler, including transfers.
The quickest flight from San Francisco Airport to Vancouver Airport is the direct flight which takes 2 h 17 min.
Yes, the driving distance between San Francisco, CA to Whistler is 1031 miles. It takes approximately 18 h 9 min to drive from San Francisco, CA to Whistler.
WestJet, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Inc. and two other airlines offer flights from San Francisco Airport to Vancouver Airport.
- Distance: 857.3 miles
- Duration: 8 h 9 min
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Whistler, BC, Canada?
You can take a bus from San Francisco, CA to Whistler via Sacramento, Ca, Vancouver, Bc, Main Street-Science World Station Platform 1, Burrard Station Platform 1, and Burrard Station in around 28 h 43 min.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco to Vancouver via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $650
Flights from San Francisco to Vancouver via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 9 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $650
Flights from Oakland to Vancouver via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 36 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $600
Flights from Oakland to Vancouver via Portland, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $600
Flights from San Jose to Vancouver via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 19 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $750
Flights from San Jose to Vancouver via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $750
Flights from Oakland to Bellingham via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 14 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $650
Flights from San Francisco to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 7 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95 - $450
Flights from Oakland to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 4 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95 - $410
Flights from Oakland to Seattle via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 17 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $410
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 17 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $700
Flights from San Francisco to Vancouver via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 13 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $1,100
Flights from Oakland to Vancouver via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 37 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $1,000
Flights from Oakland to Vancouver via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 44 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $700
Flights from San Jose to Vancouver via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 9 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $1,400
Flights from San Francisco to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 11 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $500
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from San Francisco to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 17 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $700
Flights from San Francisco to Vancouver via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 13 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $1,100
Flights from Oakland to Vancouver via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 44 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $700
Flights from San Jose to Vancouver via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 9 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $1,400
Flights from San Francisco to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 11 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 21 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $1,200
Flights from San Francisco to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco to Vancouver via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $650
Flights from Oakland to Vancouver via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 41 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $600
Flights from Oakland to Vancouver via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 31 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $1,100
Flights from San Jose to Vancouver via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 14 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $750
Flights from San Jose to Vancouver via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $750
Flights from Oakland to Bellingham via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 14 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $650
Flights from San Francisco to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 17 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95 - $450
Flights from Oakland to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 4 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95 - $410
Flights from Oakland to Seattle via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 17 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $410
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Francisco to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 22 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $1,200
Flights from San Jose to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 14 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $1,000
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Oakland to Bellingham
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 7 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85 - $600
- Phone
- +1 650-508-6200
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain to Santa Clara Caltrain
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 12 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9 - $12
- Schedules at
- caltrain.com
Amtrak is a rail service that connects the US and three Canadian provinces. Covering 21,000 route miles (34,000km) Amtrak operates more than 300 trains daily. These medium and long distance intercity services operate at speeds of up to 240km/h, to more than 500 destinations. Founded in 1971, it is based in Washington, D.C. and offers four classes of travel: First Class, Sleeper, Business and Coach. Ticket fares are divided into five subclasses: Saver, Value, Flexible, Business and Premium. Amtrak trains are known for their wide seats, plug-in power, big windows and storage capabilities.
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 1-800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Seattle King Street Station to Vancouver Pacific Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35 - $85
- Website
- amtrak.com
- Coach Seat
- $35 - $55
- Flexi Coach Seat
- $60 - $95
- Business Coach Seat
- $60 - $85
- Room
- $180 - $250
Train from Emeryville Amtrak to Seattle King Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 h 52 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120 - $350
- Website
- amtrak.com
- Coach Seat
- $120 - $180
- Flexi Coach Seat
- $210 - $310
- Business Coach Seat
- $250 - $350
- Room
- $490 - $700
- Phone
- 604 349 1234
- Abeer@EpicRides.ca
- Website
- epicrides.ca
Bus from Burrard Station to Whistler Gate Loop
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- epicrides.ca
- Website
- pacificcoach.com
Bus from Vancouver - Burrard Skytrain Station to Whistler Village - Gate Loop
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $55
- Schedules at
- pacificcoach.com
Greyhound is a leading bus company based in Dallas, Texas, serving over 3800 destinations across North America, Mexico and Canada. Greyhound carries around 18 million passengers a year who travel 5.4 billion miles (8.6 billion km) a year on their fleet of around 1700 vehicles. For travel flexibility, you can board or get off a Greyhound bus at official Greyhound stations, partner stations and curbside stops. There are around 230 Greyhound stations across the US where you can both catch your bus and buy tickets, that are also available on the official website and via the mobile app.
Rome2rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100/1-800-231-2222
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from San Francisco, Ca to Sacramento, Ca
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15 - $35
- Website
- greyhound.com
- Economy
- $15 - $23
- Flexible
- $27 - $35
Bus from Sacramento, Ca to Vancouver, Bc
- Ave. Duration
- 23 h 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85 - $230
- Website
- greyhound.com
- Economy
- $85 - $150
- Flexible
- $170 - $230
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