Kettle Valley Railway trail, Midway to Penticton
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| Penticton in the distance. Almost there. |
| The white-roofed building on the left is our soon-to-be lunch stop: the Hillside Winery |
| The Hillside Winery is conveniently sited right below the KVR, with a sign to remind cyclists zooming downhill, to stop and sample their wares |
| Cheers! Lunch at the Hillside Winery |
| A look back north from kilometer 209.6 shows us the hills that we've just descended from, and more of the beautiful vineyards along Okanagan Lake |
| At kilometer 212.6 we cross Vancouver Avenue (in Penticton) and the KVR turns into a paved trail. Elevation: 375 m |
| Arriving at the original Penticton Station at kilometer 215 (elevation 339 m) is slightly anti-climatic, as it's now surrounded by townhouses and difficult to get at, except for one parking lot with this inconveniently placed dumpster that we tried to hide behind our bikes. But no matter: we are done! |
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Here is a map of our route and the elevation profile of the Carmi subdivision
| The KVR route is shown as a thick pink line on the map below. Our ride varied from it in a few places where it is inaccessible, but we travelled on it 95% of the time between Midway and Penticton |
| Elevation profile of KVR, Carmi subdivision. It looks scary but it's really exaggerated for effect. The steepest grades between Chute Lake Lodge and Little Tunnel were only 2.2% (of course we were going downhill so it didn't seem that bad) |
