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KamloopsTrails
I started exploring this area in 1976 and I continue to follow tracks and routes wherever they lead, with the aid of map, compass, GPSr and camera. After many dead-ends, but also many discoveries, I chose to share this information. Getting out 12 months each year, I continue to explore trails, tracks, routes, and waterways of the Kamloops area and beyond.
Sunset Trail on the Ice
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Continue reading...Balancing Rocks and Old Snags
Rush Lake Loop
On an exploratory hike on the snow, I went south from the Inks Lake Road, climbing old decommissioned double tracks, but as they ran out, I wandered through the forest up the hill. Much of the area has been selectively logged so the scenery was all trees, logs and stumps, and snow. It was a grey day in January, a … Continue reading…
Gorge Rim Route
The first trails I hiked in the Kamloops area were in Peterson Creek Park. That was in 1976. It was a rough area with a few single track trails. Over a few months, i hiked every trail, but also explored … Continue reading →
Continue reading...West Ironmask on the Ice
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Continue reading...Thompson River Ramble
The Rivers Trail (West) is a well-used track for hikers, walkers, dog walkers, and cyclists. It starts at the end of Aviation Way and joins Tranquille Road just past the Cinnamon Ridge Compost Facility. An-out-and back hike on the double … Continue reading →
Continue reading...Winding Through the Sage Bluffs
In the late fall or late winter shoulder season, the trails winding through the rocky hills overlooking the Thompson River will be less icy or snowy than the higher trails of Kenna Cartwright Park. the parking area is off Bunker Road just in behind the recycling area. The trailhead is the start of the Sage Trail and a good loop … Continue reading…
Across the East Zion Slickrock
Zion National Park is a busy place and all of the hiking trails in the main canyon are very well-used, but routes can be hiked in the East Zion area which few people venture into. Most of these are routes … Continue reading →
Continue reading...Chinle Trail
The desert hills of southwestern Utah run from the border with Arizona right up to the first peaks of Zion National Park. There are some trails through these hills outside of the park that are too hot to hike, except in shoulder season or in winter. In late fall, we hiked a couple of them while on a trip to … Continue reading…
Dufferin Ridge
On days when valley fog covers the valley a good bet for an above-the-clouds hike might be Dufferin Ridge. Some more content content content content content … Continue reading →
Continue reading...Northgate Peaks
Hiking trails starting on the Kolob Terrace Road in Zion National Park are far less busy than the hikes that start in Zion Canyon. The road starts in Virgin, 23 km west of Springdale/Zion. The paved road climbs into the desert hills and goes through grasslands and then open forest and continues on as a dirt road into the … Continue reading…
On the Fall Beaches at Mission Flats
In late fall and again in late winter when snows cover the hills, we can go for a walk/hike on the wide winter beaches of our rivers. There is a wide sand beach at Mission Flats Nature Park across from the airport. Check the direction of the wind before heading there since the settling ponds of Domtar have strong fumes, … Continue reading…
Jack Gregson Trail
The Jack Gregson Trail connects the eastern end of Lorne Street with the industrial area of Valleyview along the South Thompson River. It was named after Jack Gregson whose property and gardens were at the end of Lorne Street. Jack was an entomologist, naturalist, hiker, and gardener. He was a founder of the Kamloops Outdoor Club, the Kamloops Naturalists, and … Continue reading…
On the Rocky Hills Above Kamloops Lake
So much of the area around Kamloops Lake is inaccessible, from access and easement issues, from steep rocky bluffs and difficult terrain, from railway restrictions on both shores, and from a lack of roads through the rugged terrain. But, over time, we have gotten to almost all the hills above the lake, over land by hiking but also by kayak, … Continue reading…