A view of Okanagan Lake from the KVR hiking trail.
The KVR Trail, which is a repurposed railway bed, is one of our favourite hiking trails. The views are spectacular and if you’re so minded, you can hike all the way between Kelowna and Penticton.
Happy Saturday.
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We have always meant to hike or bike the KVR, but never made it yet. Some day, perhaps. Happy Saturday Lynette> Allan
It’s definitely a favourite of ours. We have only done sections, though, and not the whole piece all at once. I would like to try that once I retire. It’s really a beautiful trail; I hope you’re able to hike or bike it some time. Cheers.
A great view, Lynette! Happy Saturday!
Thank you very much, Sue. 🙂Cheers.
I wouldn’t “minded” a bit
If i weren’t old and unfit….
But why hike that far
To be where you are
When I can see it from whee I sit?
P.S. Just joking. There’s no substitute for being there (though your posts bring
us the next best thing).
Thank you very much, Mistermuse! I’m an enjoyer of landscapes and wouldn’t miss this one for the world … again, and again, and again. Cheers.
Is that smoke on the hills? Or mist?
That’s a mixture of cloud and smoke. There was smoke coming from something across the lake (as you can see) but that morning there was also some cloud as well. Cheers.
Very pretty! A good motivation to get out there and hike!
Definitely! The views are stellar and I’m looking forward to many hikes on this trail once I’ve moved back home permanently at the end of October. Cheers.
Crossing off the days!
Oh yes!
Um…WOW.
Thank you very much! 🙂
Looks lovely. It’s great to hear how things like railway tracks have been repurposed and turned into a hiking trail. I’m sure it’s a much better use of land now.
It’s now a fantastic trail with fabulous views. Years of neglect had followed after the railway shut down in the early 90s, but when someone died while walking across one of the old train bridges, the trail was restored and safetied for hiking, walking and biking and re-opened in 2008. Cheers.
Lovely photo and interesting (if sad) backstory to the trail. Many ex-railway lines in England are now hiking and biking trails too. The expansion of railways here got quite crazy before Mr Beeching famously shut down many unprofitable lines in the 1960s.
Thank you very much. That’s often the case, isn’t it? The infrastructure has to go into decline (and in this case someone died) before the repurposing occurs. It is now such a beautiful trail and the views so fantastic. A little or a lot of hiking can be enjoyed. Cheers.
Ah! when I went with friends into the Similkameen Valley, near Princeton, we also walked a very small bit of the KVR Trail — what fun to see this, and think about the continuity of trail, one end to the other…
Agreed. I have walked part of the KVR in the Similkameen, too. There’s some great wine to be had there, too.
… and my nephew has raced in the Kettle Mettle bike race, held through there — not at all technical, he says, but beautiful
Oh yes, very beautiful. Quite different from Penticton with its desert-like topography.