This text & Strava flyby video is of the 60 km route I rode last Tuesday. I began and ended in Vernon at the corner of 34th Street and 25th Avenue. I rode through Polson Park then up to Kal Lake and the Okanagan Rail Trail which I rode to Oyama and around Wood Lake before getting on the road to go around Turtle Bay and onto Pelmewash Parkway - an excellent cycling facility.
I stopped in Oyama for lunch and got back on the ORT for about 6km to the Kal/Crystal Waters Trail and into Kekuli Bay Park where the idea is to stay on the high trail to exit onto Westridge and head for the Kal Lookout. The trickiest part to explain is how to get from the lookout to the College and across the highway to the Jack Schratter Way. I stopped a few times but not for pictures and video. It took me 3 hours and 37 minutes but with friends and stopping to picnic, or swimming in the summer, or go to the pub at Turtle Bay, this could be an all day thing. Doing it the reverse way than I did gets the hard parts over first. Work up an appetite!
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16.5 km Okanagan Rail Trail/Kekuli Bay Loop Ride - beginning in Vernon BC
Adventure Girl and I do this 60 minute loop to for the uphill workout and the views of the lake. Beginning at the parking lot on Westkal Road, where there are two toilets, we rode south on the ORT about 8km to Kekuli Bay Prov. Park where we got on the pavement and rode to the park entrance and the old highway, part of the Kal/Crystal Waters trail. We rode around to the Lookout where we descended to Kickwillie and back to the car. The dust you see in the video portions is actually dust inside the camera. The camera (DMC-ZS50) is not a dust or rain proof camera. Next time I'll know better! I got a little behind in the video production and suddenly I had four to produce. Since three were from March, and in the snow, I decided to lump them all together into a 2 minute video. March 8 we went to the Cougar Canyon Parking lot for the first time. The trails are not well used or blazed so if you aren't familiar with the area it's a little disorienting. Perhaps this is a sign of the times but the trails were refreshingly clear of dog 'stuff.' The next day we parked at Cosens Bay, went through Bear Valley and then went up the trails towards Cougar Canyon. Same comment as previous trails. A week later, after some very warm weather, the only snow around was in the parks. As we ran counterclockwise from Red Gate we were in slush, sand, mud, snow, slush, sand and for the last part, returning to Red Gate on Comin Round the Mountain, it was loose snow. Winter is gone, spring cycling and running has already begun. Stay tuned.
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