I hiked up the hillside to the south of Frederick Road and explored the cliffs, basalt columns, gullies, and viewpoints overlooking Battle Bluff and Kamloops Lake. I parked at the first pullout on the right (before the Dewdrop Trail parking area) and crossed the flats, then angled up the hill. There is no trail, but the slopes are open grasslands … Continue reading…
There are a few trails that climb from the Dewdrop Range up to the rim of red Plateau. The Dewdrop Trail is the best known, but there are more routes that climb the steep slopes of the Red Plateau Escarpment to the trails that follow the rim. We drove out the Frederick Road and then turned onto the rough upper … Continue reading…
On a sunny-cloudy day in September we drove into the Dewdrop Range to hike the Frederick Bluffs. There are no signed trailheads, nor any trails to follow. Before the area was included in the Lac du Bois Protected Areas there were some single and double tracks through the valleys between the bluffs but nature has reclaimed the land and we … Continue reading…
Castle Butte is a rocky ridge with a steep bluff jutting out above the Dewdrop – Red Plateau Escarpment. There is no trail to the airy spot, but a faint route can be followed from the Dewdrop Trail. We can hike up the Dewdrop Trail from the Dewdrop Range far below for a demanding 5.8 km route (one way) with … Continue reading…
We hike through the Frederick Bluffs twice every year. There are no trails and the whole area is rugged, but there is interesting terrain to explore and wonderful viewpoints along the way. We drive out the Frederick Road and we turn onto the lower road. We park to the left side of the road before the road starts to drop … Continue reading…
The Dewdrop Range extends from the slopes past/above Tranquille River west for 10 km. On the slopes above the Tranquille Hills is a ridge that runs east-west for 2.5 km. From the Frederick Road it is a moderate 1 km hike to the top of the ridge. We have developed a loop route that goes to the top of the … Continue reading…
Frederick Bluffs are on the Kamloops Lake side of the Dewdrop Range, 4.5 km from the Tranquille- Criss Creek Road. To get to the edge of the hills, take the Fredrick Road, then when the road splits into two, stay on the lower road and pull off at a flat spot 2 km farther along the gravel road. There are … Continue reading…
There are no trails that go around Kamloops Lake. There are too many bluffs that go right to the lake. There are railway lines on both sides and there are private property sections on the south side. Over the years we have hiked almost every hill and slopes overlooking the lake, we have been to many of the beaches and … Continue reading…
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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…
The Ragged Red Ridge Route is not a designated trail in Lac du Bois Protected Area. The official trail from the Dewdrop Range to the rim of the Red Plateau Escarpment is the 3.75 km (one way) climb to Red Plateau. The Ragged Red Ridge is a parallel route that goes straight up the 410 m (1345 ft.) climb in … Continue reading…
A search of dated photos from hikes in late winter showed some patterns of the first arrivals of wildflowers. Each year is different. In the lower hills, the snows can melt as early as the third week of February or as late as the third week in March. The south-facing lower-elevation, angled (right angles to the height of the sun). … Continue reading…
The Dewdrop Escarpment are the line of cliffs that rise above the Dewdrop Range on the north side of Kamloops. The 500 – 690 m (2263 feet) high cliffs are the eroded remnants of successive volcanic flows forming Red Platerau which runs for 18 km from the Tranquille River to Copper Creek. We can drive up the high clearance Red … Continue reading…
The Dewdrop Range is one of the first areas to lose its snow and dry out in early spring. The flats alongside the road are quite open, but the land is flat and behind a ridge so that area collects the snowmelt and remains wet and muddy for a while. The south-facing hills overlooking Kamloops Lake, though, are open and … Continue reading…
The Dewdrop Traverse is a route that spans 19 km one way from the Red Lake Road to Hardie Hill, across the top of Red Plateau. It follows old double tracks, the Dewdrop Trail (single track), and some new single tracks on the west end set by motorcyclists, mountain bikers, and hikers. Only the middle section (the Dewdrop Trail) is … Continue reading…
The high area bounded by Tranquille River and the Dewdrop Range is called Red Plateau. Locals sometimes get mixed with the naming of these areas. The Red Lake Road (Tranquille – Criss Creek Road) climbs up through the hills on the west side of Tranquille River. Once up over the first set of bluffs, a benchland stretches west for 10 … Continue reading…
