The most common and convenient way into this area is by private vehicle. There is little in the way of scheduled public transportation.
Tour buses are numerous, bringing visitors to places like Radium Hot Springs.
Cranbrook has an airport with a limited number of scheduled airline connections, mainly Jazz Air and Pacific Coastal.
The smaller communities have landing strips for private airplanes.
The valley is accessed from the north at Golden from the Trans Canada Highway Rte 1, from the east through Kootenay National Park to Radium Hot Springs or, in the south, from southern Alberta on Rte 3 via Fernie. Highway 3 is the only east/west route in the south and links this valley to the West Kootenays starting at Creston, an hour west of Cranbrook.
