Revised and updated, and containing more than 50 maps, Coquihalla Trips & Trails is the definitive guide to southwestern British Columbia's spectacular Coquihalla Country. With more than 70 trips and
Revised and updated, and containing more than 50 maps,
Coquihalla Trips & Trails is the definitive guide to southwestern British Columbia's spectacular Coquihalla Country.
With more than 70 trips and trails, as well as background information on the geography, wildlife and history of the region, this compact book covers the area from Hope to Kamloops, and from Spences Bridge to the Okanagan Valley in kilometre-by-kilometre detail.
The Nicola Valley motto is "A lake a day as long as you stay, and Coquihalla Trips & Trails guides the reader to dozens of upland lakes stocked with Rainbow trout.
The hiking trails vary in length and difficulty from a 30-minute hike to a six-hour round-trip to the summit of 2100-metre Needle Peak. Other trails, such as the Coquihalla Mountain will require backcountry skills and suitable overnight gear. (GPS references help reduce the odds of going astray.)
The cycling routes include over 150-kilometres of the Trans Canada Trail and a - 40-kilometre link to Merritt.
For the winter explorer, the book provides detailed maps of the 50-kilometre Kane Valley cross-country trail system, and additional trails for those in search of backcountry skiing.
ContentsIntroduction
Acknowledgements
Checklist for Camping
Coquihalla Highway 5 Exits
Topographic Maps
Abbreviations Used
Symbols Used
Chapter 1 Hope to Merritt Coquihalla Highway 5
Chapter 2 Othello Tunnels
Chapter 3 Peers Creek Road
Chapter 4 Needle Peak Trail
Chapter 5 Falls Lake Trail
Chapter 6 Zoa Peak Trail
Chapter 7 Upper Coldwater Road
Chapter 8 Little Douglas Lake Trail
Chapter 9 Coquihalla-Tulameen Road
Chapter 10 Tulameen River Road
Chapter 11 Coquihalla Mountain Trails
Chapter 12 Mount Davis HBC Brigade Trail
Chapter 13 July Mountain Trails
Chapter 14 Brookmere
Chapter 15 Thynne Mountain Road
Chapter 16 Andys Lake Loop
Chapter 17 Thynne-Henning Trail
Chapter 18 Coldwater Road
Chapter 19 Murray Lake Road
Chapter 20 Coldwater Road to Boston Bar
Chapter 21 Kane Valley Road
Chapter 22 Kane Valley Trails
Chapter 23 Gwen Lake Road and Iron Mountain
Chapter 24 British Columbia's Trans-Canada Trail and the Kettle Valley Railway
Chapter 25 The TCT - Princeton to Brookmere/Brodie
Chapter 26 The TCT - Brodie Junction to Hope
Chapter 27 Kingsvale Trail
Chapter 28 Coutlee Plateau Trail
Chapter 29 Nicola River Trail
Chapter 30 Hope to Princeton
Chapter 31 Garrison Lakes Trail
Chapter 32 Whipsaw Creek Road
Chapter 33 Princeton to Merritt
Chapter 34 Pike Mountain Area
Chapter 35 Dillard Creek Road
Chapter 36 Otter Valley Road
Chapter 37 Coalmont to Lodestone Lake
Chapter 38 Kentucky-Alene Provincial Park
Chapter 39 Lundbom Commonage
Chapter 40 Sugarloaf Mountain Ramble
Chapter 41 Godey Creek Trails Information Centre Trails
Chapter 42 Okanagan Connector Highway 97C Merritt to Kamloops
Chapter 43 Paradise Lakes Area
Chapter 44 Merritt to Kamloops Coquihalla Highway 5
Chapter 45 Helmer-Sussex- Bob Lake Area
Chapter 46 Merritt to Ashcroft Highway 97C
Chapter 47 Tunkwa Lake Road Savona - Tunkwa Provincial Park - Logan Lake
Chapter 48 Meadow Creek Road / Lac Le Jeune Road
Chapter 49 Surry-Sussex Lakes Road
Chapter 50 Chuwels Mountain Road
Chapter 51 Ranchland History Tour
Chapter 52 Bird Watching Site Guide
Chapter 53 Monck Provincial Park
Chapter 54 Exploring the Pennask Plateau High Country Hike-In Lakes
Chapter 55 Douglas Lake Road
Chapter 56 Glimpse Lake Loop
Chapter 57 Plateau Lake Loop
Chapter 58 Hamilton Mountain Road
Chapter 59 Roche Lake Road
Chapter 60 Johnny Ussher Cairn - Long Lake Road
Chapter 61 Highway 8 - Merritt to Spences Bridge
Chapter 62 Midday Valley Road
Chapter 63 Chataway-Pimainus Loop
Chapter 64 Chataway Trails
Chapter 65 Promontory Mountain Road
Chapter 66 Stoyoma Mountain Trails
The Land
Wildlife
History
Information Scources
Bibliography
Index
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Murphy Shewchuk
is a passionate wilderness explorer, award-winning photographer and author of numerous books about BC's and Western Canada's outdoors, including Coquihalla Trips & Trails and Okanagan Trips & Trails. His writing and photographs have also appeared in such publications as BC Outdoors, Canadian Geographic, and Field & Stream.
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