When Sun Peaks opens its Sunburst Chair for summer hiking, we buy a lift ticket and hike the upper trails on the mountain. In most years we hike back to the summit of Tod Mountain, an 8.5 km route. On this last hot summer day we hiked with our grandson, so we wanted a shorter scenic hike. We chose to … Continue reading…
For 40+ years we have been hiking in the Trophy Range. We have done one of more than one summit in most years and we will continue to return to the Trophies since it has the best hiking in our area.. KamloopsTrails.net has quite a few articles on various trails and routes and a map with links is provided here … Continue reading…
We have been hiking into the Trophy Mountains for over 40 years and we returned in early July this year to hike to the summit of Long Hill. There are 7 summits in the Trophy Mountains and a few high ridges between. Long Hill is the westernmost summit at 7611 feet. We followed the main Trophy Meadows trail through the … Continue reading…
Gulf islands National Park Reserve has 13 designated trails on several islands. The Mt. Norman and Beaumont Trails are on South Pender Island. Both trails start at the Ainslie Point parking area and climb uphill for 350m to a junction. The trail on the left leads to the top of Mount Norman. the trail on the right goes up … Continue reading…
Wild Horse Ridge has open karst alpine ridges that extend for 5 km in a U shape. Once we have hiked to the saddle area on the ridge, we can bear left to go around the North Ridge or we can bear right to continue up toward Mt. Kerr, the highest peak in the Marble Range. Our goal for this … Continue reading…
We hiked on the west end of Mt. Dufferin early in the morning, parking past the Kamloops Regional Correctional Center and hiking up the Pipeline Trail, then the Sunset Trail, the Mesa Trail, Lava Flow Lookout, then back by the Ponderosa Trail, a 6.45 km loop route. From the end of the Sunset Trail (1.4 km), we enjoyed the views … Continue reading…
Mt. Bowman is in the Marble Range. To get to the trailhead, we drove to Clinton, turned west onto the Kelly Lake Road, then north on the Jesmond Road for about 21 km. . At a double curve in the road (N51° 9.435′ W 121° 55.649′ ) a side road leads off to the right. We followed it to the … Continue reading…
When we moved to Kamloops in 1976, Peterson Creek was the first area we explored and hiked. There were few trail signs there and the park boundaries had not been defined. Some of the rails were only faint game tracks or scramble routes across the slopes. Over the years, more trails were added, some were decommissioned, and mountain bikers “excavated” … Continue reading…
When the weather gets hot in summer, we sometimes retreat to the forest and the Outer Inks Trails are just a short drive up the Coquihalla Highway. The trails are a collection of older double tracks and newer single tracks (mostly created by motorcycles), but ATVs and mountain bikes have also shaped the “trail” network. In addition there has been … Continue reading…
Wallace Island Provincial Park is found in the Gulf Islands between the northern ends of Saltspring and Galiano Islands. It is a marine-only access park with anchorages for larger boats and landings for paddlers. Most paddlers come over from Saltsping where it is only about 2 km from launch to landing. It is possible to paddle from Vancouver Island, Galiano … Continue reading…
When the weather gets hot, we often go to the high country to find shade, to be next to a lake, and to enjoy moderate in the hills trails. In this last outing, we brought our kayaks and paddled 2 loops around the lake then hiked one loop around the lake. We find the water in Stake Lake to be … Continue reading…
The summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii is 4207 m (13 802 feet). A road goes all the way tot he top, but the road past the 9400 foot elevation is gravel and 4WD is recommended. The road is reasonable, but it is steep and rental vehicles may not have the clearance for the way up, … Continue reading…
Montague Harbour Provincial Park is on the western shores of Galiano Island. The park has a campground, a boat harbour, several beaches, and hiking trails. We camped there and hiked the Gray Peninsular Trails We started at the boar launch at Shell Beach and followed the trails along the beaches and through the forest. The route was 2.4 km. Shell … Continue reading…
Bonaparte Plateau is a high forested area north of Kamloops. Access is by backroads. Jamieson creek Forest Service Road is the best road to use from Kamloops. All hiking and paddling in this remote area requires a good sense of navigation and preparedness for the backcountry. The best hike is to Skoatl Point. The other hiking trails follow deactivated … Continue reading…
Any hike from the Dewdrop Range to the rim of the Dewdrop Escarpment will be long climb. The loop route which goes up the Dead Coyote Trail, along the Dewdrop Traverse Trail, and then down the Three Amigos Trail climbs 734 m (2408 ft) steeply to the rim. The whole route is 13 km and a hard hike at any … Continue reading…
Pioneers who homesteaded near Lac du Bois named the pond on the north side of the hill “Stony Lake.” A homestead cabin (M. Scott) stood on the western side of Stony Lake until about 10 years ago. A few remnant timber can still be seen there today. Today the lands nearby are part of the Nature Conservancy of Canada Lac … Continue reading…
