KVR - Glenfir - Penticton - OK Falls
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KVR - Glenfir - Penticton - OK Falls

A cycling route starting in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada.

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About this route

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Duration
43.5 km
Distance
143 m
Ascent
607 m
Descent
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girookanagan
girookanagan

created this 6 years ago

Route quality

Waytypes & surfaces along the route

Waytypes

  • Cycleway

    33.3 km

    (77 %)

  • Track

    4.7 km

    (11 %)

  • Quiet road

    2.6 km

    (6 %)

Surfaces

Paved

8.9 km

(20 %)

Unpaved

31.6 km

(73 %)

  • Gravel

    29.4 km

    (68 %)

  • Asphalt

    5.1 km

    (12 %)

  • Paved (undefined)

    3.8 km

    (9 %)

Route highlights

Points of interest along the route

  1. Point of interest after 4.3 km

    Little Tunnel - Great picture taking spot!

  2. Point of interest after 4.9 km

    If you look down the hill here, you should see several old rusted cans. These are old blasting powder cans from the original construction of the tunnel.

  3. Point of interest after 9.4 km

    Just off the trail, you can see Naramata Falls here. A major workers camp during the original construction was just up the hill. The creek used to be called Camp Creek

  4. Point of interest after 10.3 km

    Site of the old Arawana station..foundations of old water tower have been turned into a picnic shelter

  5. Point of interest after 15.2 km

    You have the option here of staying on the trail or taking Riddle Road to catch a few wineries before you get back on the trail at Poplar Grove

  6. Point of interest after 16 km

    If you like cheese, you might want to visit Poplar Grove - great camembert and blue cheese here. Google has it in the wrong spot.

  7. Point of interest after 16.4 km

    Fun place to stop for a snack or an ice cream cone. If you choose to go to D'Angelo, you can either get off the trail at Davenport or Lochore.

  8. Point of interest after 16.5 km

    D'Angelo Estate Winery - there is a food truck here with great sandwiches if you want lunch. You can also play bocce. The wines are pretty good too! (By the way, don't follow Google's directions to the winery..they have it in the wrong place)

  9. Point of interest after 17.5 km

    If you wish, take the road up into the cemetery and you can visit Andrew McCulloch's gravesite. McCulloch was the chief engineer of the KVR. Go to the first gate into the cemetery and look along side the road for a yellow fire hydrant. Look two or three rows directly back from the hydrant and you should find the grave.

  10. Point of interest after 19.4 km

    The KVR Trail continues partway through Penticton if you continue across the road but end rather abruptly in the middle of the City. We suggest riding down Vancouver and getting on the Channel trail instead. Turn right here.

  11. Point of interest after 20.2 km

    You may want to check out the Japanese Garden while you're here.

  12. Point of interest after 21 km

    There is a multi use trail you can get on here.

  13. Point of interest after 22.5 km

    Cross over the channel here to get on the Channel trail, which will take you right through Penticton.

  14. Point of interest after 23.3 km

    Take the trail under the highway here.

  15. Point of interest after 28.6 km

    You'll leave the Channel Trail here for a bit and will have to ride on Skaha Lake Road. You're going to go into Wright's Beach Camp where the trail begins. This is a busy road, so you might want to turn into Barefoot Beach Resort and take the pedestrian tunnel under the road to the other side. Walk your bikes through here!

  16. Point of interest after 29.9 km

    You should be able to see the start of the trail here.

  17. Point of interest after 36.8 km

    Trail follows Alder Avenue for a ways.

  18. Point of interest after 37.5 km

    This is the remains of the Kaleden Hotel - which opened for a brief time before World War I but closed during the war and never reopened.

  19. Point of interest after 38 km

    KVR Trail follows Ponderosa Avenue for a short way here. You get back on the trail at the Ponderosa Point Resort

  20. Point of interest after 42.1 km

    Take the trail to your left through the little park. Turn right onto Railway Line, then left on 8th and right on Cedar. There will be a crosswalk across the highway.

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