Myra Trestles in late Autumn, Kelowna, BC
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 14.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,012 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 3,012 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,245 ft
- TrailRank
- 65
- Min elevation
- 3,330 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 3 hours 19 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3383
- Uploaded
- October 10, 2017
- Recorded
- October 2017
near Myra, British Columbia (Canada)
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Itinerary description
The bicycle rental shop is at the parking lot. We picked up four Norco mountain bikes, suitable for this trail and in good condition that we booked earlier on the rental website. On-site staff were very helpful with seat adjustments and trail advice. Rental periods are AM ( 9am to 1pm ) or afternoon (from 1pm). This is adequate to complete the track at a slow pace with lots of picture stops.
Mountain or Cross Bikes are ideal, however most types of bikes should manage on this track, which is mostly light gravel and packed dirt, flat to gentle railway grade.
Waypoints
Car park
4,108 ft
Parking and Bicycle Rental
Norco mountain bikes worked well, however cross and many other bike types could manage this trail in normal conditions.
Bridge
4,127 ft
Kettle Valley RR - Trestle 84.9
This is the first trestle after leaving the parking lot.
Panorama
4,167 ft
Landing with Information
There is a pavilion here with displays on the history of the Kettle Valley railway, a trail map, and other information.
Tunnel
4,199 ft
Railway tunnels
Waypoint at south end of the first tunnel. The second tunnel is a short distance to the south from here.
Bridge
4,131 ft
Steel Bridge
Most trestles are wood, this one had steel cladding built over the original wood construction.
Photo
4,117 ft
Donkey Engine trestle
There are lots of information placards explaining geology and history. The Donkey engine is one of many historical artifacts along the trail. It is a portable winch used to haul heavy items through the bush during the railway and trestle construction.
Photo
3,957 ft
West side of valley
Proceeding north along the west side of valley there are fewer trestles. Here it is a gentle downhill run (at railway grade). On October 8, 2017 there was more snow on the west side of valley, as it is more sheltered from the afternoon sun. Snow had melted from bridge decks on east side of valley by the time of our return.
Car park
4,065 ft
Turning point
This waypoint marks the end of the track for rental bicycles, so turn and backtrack on the same route. The parking lot here is smaller, we did not investigate its access road.
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The 280m dip in the elevation profile is a GPS tracking error, its actually flat or railway grade all the way. My GPS was not very accurate in recording the lat-long on the western part of the track. No worries - it's easy to follow, one obvious track there and back. Time to upgrade the iphone 4S to a better GPS-Camera Model