Enderby Cliffs
The Enderby Cliffs are now part of a provincial park (website). The trailhead has a good parking lot and is well-signed. The hike follows a fenceline for 250m, then starts a climb though mixed forest. The first third of the hike climbs steadily on a good trail. The next third of the trail is steep and we found the trail surface to be slippery, even with just morning fog and dew. There is a trail crew working on a new section here. It needs a proper switchback section to get up the steep slopes. We saw some of the new work and it looked to be better designed. On some of this middle section, ropes are strung from tree-to-tree to help hikers up and down. We didn’t really need the ropes, but we would have used them if it had rained recently. Once the hiker crests the edge of the ridge, the trail is easy and the views are rewarding. The last section climbs gently along the rim of the cliffs to the highest point. The trail is good (but keep back from the edge), open, and there are views in three directions from many spots. At the top, we enjoyed the views south to Okanagan Lake, north to Salmon Arm, west over the Spa Hills, and northeast to Grindrod. The Shuswap River winds its way through Enderby and the farmlands below. It took us only 1.5 hours to get to the top and about 1.25 hours down. Bring a lunch and enjoy the views before coming down (but pick a dry day for your hike).