Kelowna

Hiking Trails of Kelowna, B.C. Kelowna is in the Okanagan area of British Columbia.

Camp for free near Big White and / or enjoy true outdoor adventure in the West Kettle. KML track available here. At the end of the track enjoy cool remains of an old trappers cabin – complete with treasure to find within the collapsed walls. Beautiful lake to explore.

Continue Reading Two John Lake Free Camping – North East of Big White off the 201 FSR.

Tags: Backcountry, backcountry cabins, Free Camping, Hiking Trails, skiing

Christie Falls is a spectacular gift situated  on the edge of the area know as Fintry Protected Area. Fintry Provincial Park is at the east end of the Shorts Creek canyon where it opens onto Okanagan Lake below Westside Rd. and features the very popular Shorts Creek waterfall. Thanks to Don and Norma Jean for arranging [...]

Continue Reading Christie Falls between Kelowna and Vernon – A Spectacular Okanagan Gift

Grizzly lake is a fairly large lake accessible to 2wd vehicles and roughly only an hour from Kelowna. Grizzly lake has multiple sites along the side of the lake, all can be driven right up to. This is a convenient lake to launch small fishing boats into.       To access Grizzly Lake From [...]

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Tags: Campground, Camping, Campsite, forest service roads, Free Camping, FSR, Recreation Site

Conkle Lake Provincial Park from Kelowna is almost a two hour drive. From Kelowna the drive down Highway 33 is a beautiful drive and it just gets better after you take Rhone Rd, past Little Dipper Hideaway (campground) and take the steep Conkle Forest Service Rd. The distance to Conkle Lake from Rhone Rd. is [...]

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This is a beautiful small lily pad lined lake halfway between Kelowna and Lumby. This walk-in lake is only a couple hundred meters from the main fsr. At the road there are two tent sites with fire pits and at the lake there is a small clearing with a large fire pit. Dead wood is plentiful. [...]

Continue Reading FlyFish Lake # 1 Free Camping and flyfishing

Tags: Camping, Fishing, recreation campsite

Following the directions to Beaver Lake Resort couldn’t get much simpler; Take Beaver Lake Road heading east from Winfield for about 17 km and park at the resort after you see the sign for Beaver Lake Resort. But wait it does get simpler, just in case you were mis-directed by some large bovine, 8 km [...]

Continue Reading Beaver Lake Mountain Resort near Kelowna BC

Cedar Creek City  Park located at 5200 Lakeshore Road was once known as Kelowna’s best nude beach on Okanagan Lake. I had shyed away from it for the last decade but was pleasantly surprised to find that this off the leash dog park is now my favourite dog park in Kelowna. Cedar Creek Beach is a long [...]

Continue Reading Kelowna Nude Beach …or not? – Pictures

Camp for Free at the closest forest recreation site near Kelowna BC! Pics, map and video here.

Continue Reading James Lake Free Camping near Kelowna BC

Tags: adventure, backpack, Camping, Free Camping, Hiking, Outdoors, sleeping, travel, Trekking, water