The old double tracks out the Dewdrop Range make a fine route for biking. We turn onto the Frederick (Dewdrop) Road then follow it west for 3.5 km (or park sooner and bike the main road) where we arrive at a split in the road. The lower road goes between the hills then drops down to Frederick. The upper road … Continue reading…
The western end of the Dewdrop Range has a number of rough double track roads which can be driven with a high clearance vehicle, but they also provide good routes for mountain biking. The route starts at the junction of the Fredrick Road and the Upper Dewdrop Road. A parking area 140m up the upper road is an area used … Continue reading…
There are a number of routes for hiking, biking, and exploring in the west end of the Dewdrop Range. Driving Directions/Trailheads: Drive west on Tranquille Road past the airport, the golf course, some farms, and at Tranquille, turn right, go over the tracks, and the bridge, then climb into the hills on the Tranquille – Criss Creek Road. At a … Continue reading…
This interesting ride is 32 km of backroads, with one long 5km hill. It can be done in either direction, but for this article, it is described in a clockwise direction and starts from the Dewdrop Trailhead. Directions: Drive up the Red Lake Road and turn onto the Frederick/Dewdrop Road. Drive 650m down the road and park in the parking … Continue reading…
December, 2016 Dec. 2 – Frederick Bluffs Dec. 3 – Kamloops Climb Dec. 7 – Outer Inks trails Dec. 9 – Kamloops Climb Dec. 14 – Dogwood Marshes snowshoe Dec. 18 – Bush Lake snowshoe Dec. 21 – Lodgepole Lake snowshoe Dec. 23 – Hull South snowshoe Dec. 28 – Upper Goose Hills snowshoe Dec. 30 – Bush Lake South … Continue reading…
The earliest tracks in this area were established by miners and ranchers. Back in 1888 coal was found on what is now Coal Hill on the slopes of the family-run Guerin Ranch. In 1892 iron was found by a prospectors working for a syndicate in the hills to the west in what was then called the Ironmask Hills. In 1896, … Continue reading…
When the Dewdrop Trail was built, it connected the Dewdrop Range (grasslands and hills) with Red Plateau (forested uplands). The route climbs (lava flow) north-south oriented ridges to the top of the Escarpment. The trail continues along the rim of the Escarpment to various viewpoints. There was once a loop route back then which we had hiked, but decades of … Continue reading…
A number of posts on this website feature mountain bike routes. The articles are not about downhill mountain biking or high performance riding. We are hikers and paddlers first, but we also mountain bike on backroads, including some single tracks, and we do some longer routes in the area. The articles are interspersed in the website throughout the years … Continue reading…
December 2015 Isthmus Peak, Wanaka Queenstown walks Ben Lomond, Queenstown Mueller Glacier, Mt. Cook Akaroa Trails, Banks Peninsula Kiakoura Peninsula Trails Kiakoura Peninsula kayaking Blenheim Valley walks Queen Charlotte Sound paddle Queen Charlotte Sound Track Bowentown headlands and beach walks Dec. 16 – Mt. Peter Dec. 18 – XC Ski at Stake Dec. 25 – Mesa Trail Dec. 26 – … Continue reading…
At the end of 2015, Kamloops Trails pauses to look back and also to look ahead. 2015 Just a few days ago, Kamloops Trails achieved a milestone – 1000 articles published. Earlier in the month, the Number of Site Visits (meter at the bottom of the site) passed the 3 000 000 mark. The year started slowly because of major … Continue reading…
This was an article I wrote for Gold Country: Moving goods through the Interior of B.C. was never easy. High mountains, steep canyons and raging rivers challenged every route. The Pacific Fur Company established posts at Okanagan, Spokane, and “Shewhaps” (Kamloops) at the junction of the North and South Thompson Rivers. In competition, the Northwest Company connected routes between New … Continue reading…
