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 … Continue reading →
Please visit A Wildflower Journal (link) for an updated version of this post. 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading →
When the Dewdrop Trail was built, it connected the Dewdrop Range (grasslands and hills) with Red Plateau (forested uplands). The route climbs (lava flow) north-south oriented ridges to the top of the Escarpment. The trail continues along the rim of … Continue reading →
After years about hearing about the arch up on the Dewdrop Escarpment, the clues were sufficient enough to go look for it. We couldn’t spot it from below, even though we had been assured it could be seen. What we … Continue reading →