Through Wild Horse Canyon
We have hiked through Wild Horse Canyon from Kelowna to Naramata a few times. We ran it once and backpacked it twice. Twice we day hiked the canyon, out and back, a long day each time. A Wild Horse … Continue reading →
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Spion Kop
Spion Kop (Lookout Hill) is an area of Crown Land surrounded by private ownership. The hill rises to 879m and looks out west over Okanagan Lake and east over Wood Lake. It is really the south end of Ellison Ridge … Continue reading →
Okanagan Mountain Circuit: Over the Top
After a long day of backpacking through Wild Horse Canyon, we were left with the second leg of the loop, a 13 km route, most of it uphill. The day was warm and we were out in the treeless south-facing … Continue reading →
Okanagan Mountain Circuit: Wild Horse Canyon
Okanagan Mountain Park was burned by the wildfires of 2003, and there are only patches of trees that were not incinerated, but the understory has now grown up and the gullies, canyons, and low spots are all full of spring … Continue reading →