Bearcat Caves
A short video on Bearcat Caves is now available on Youtube: There are more than 120 Kamloops Trails videos on YouTube. Click the link on the menu bar for the whole list.
Continue reading...A short video on Bearcat Caves is now available on Youtube: There are more than 120 Kamloops Trails videos on YouTube. Click the link on the menu bar for the whole list.
Continue reading...Bearcat Caves generates a lot of local interest and we get frequent enquiries about how to get there and what it is like. We returned back to Bearcat Caves in June of 2016 coming in by the original route detailed in earlier articles. Bearcat Caves Report Bearcat Caves For a couple of years, the main road through the Monte … Continue reading…
A year after our first trip to Bearcat Caves, we returned to expand our explorations of the caves and the area. The Kamloops Search and Rescue team had done an exercise in the caves area, marking a trail route in and the cave mouth openings. They had also explored some of the caves on a rope team and had found … Continue reading…
Bearcat Caves are a fairly recent discovery in our area and the details cannot be found in any book nor on any website. We heard about it about a year ago when a geocache was placed inside the caves. We finally got to it this fall. Thanks to Glenn Dreger for some of this information. A local hunting outfitter named … Continue reading…
The words “ice caves” are a little misleading. These cracks, holes, and small canyons on the edge of he bluff receive melting snows and ice collects below in the lower areas on the north-facing slopes above Bridge Lake. The folklore is that First Nations and pioneers went to the caves to collect ice in the summer. Ice will stay in … Continue reading…
The following trails have their own pages, each a basic hiking guide. (This page will be populated with a long list of trails, links, and maps over the period of time, but there are articles on all of these, to be found with the Search bar. More links to be added over time). Kamloops Trails: Barnes Lake Trails Batchelor Hills … Continue reading…
We are often asked about the “best” hiking trails of our area and we are happy to recommend trails, but there are a few factors to consider: ease of finding the parking area, the trailhead, and if there are trail signs difficulty of the trail – fitness requirements and experience needed on harder terrain seasonal appropriateness risks – including footing, … Continue reading…
December, 2016 Dec. 2 – Frederick Bluffs Dec. 3 – Kamloops Climb Dec. 7 – Outer Inks trails Dec. 9 – Kamloops Climb Dec. 14 – Dogwood Marshes snowshoe Dec. 18 – Bush Lake snowshoe Dec. 21 – Lodgepole Lake snowshoe Dec. 23 – Hull South snowshoe Dec. 28 – Upper Goose Hills snowshoe Dec. 30 – Bush Lake South … Continue reading…
Information on the main Kamloops area hiking trails is now found on a companion website: Kamloops Hiking Trails (www.kamloopshikingtrails.net) The rest of the lesser-known trails in the area will be shown on a Google Map here and the relevant articles can be found by using a search using the keyword/tag listed on the Google Map. Kamloops Trails Google Map The … Continue reading…
To find an article on a trail in the Interior, use the Search function. A Google map will also be added. Some hiking trails/areas that maybe of interest: Lundbom Lake Sugarloaf Mtn. Cocobonk Kane Valley Broookmere Kentucky Lake Bearcat Caves Blackwell Lake Stoyama Mtn. Cathedral Park Nicola Lake Mt. Thynne Coalmont area Manning Park Okanagan Mountain Dunn Peak Johnson Lake … Continue reading…
When I travel, I am finding new locations and collect new photos and tracks for maps, but while I am away, the website will still have some scheduled posts, when I can keep up. While paddling Maligne Lake and hiking the Jasper-Banff Parkway, posts are not being written so instead, this previews some upcoming stories: We hiked Guanaco Peak. Photos, … Continue reading…
As summer comes to an end, the volume of posts may finally get caught up, except that new explorations will continue. The following articles are cued up: Abbott Ridge – Glacier Bridge Lake Ice Caves Cwem Cwem and Beyond – Wells Gray Asulkan Trail – Glacier Mt. Fleet Watching Hill Checkerboard Mesa – Zion Eagle Pass Mountain Guanaco Peak Skoatl … Continue reading…
The trail from Pratt Lake to Blackwell Lake is shown on recreational maps and is listed in the Vernon Outdoor Club’s book so it was added to our list of hikes-to-be-done. It is a long drive to the trailhead so we waited for a sunny summer day so we could hike in the forest at a higher altitude, away from … Continue reading…
If you expand your hiking to areas beyond the established trails, you can choose to explore and you may find some surprises. Here are a few: 1. Mara Mountain gullies, hoodoos and craggy cliffs on the south side a gentle grassland hike on the north side a large cleft canyon on top 2. Bearcat Caves underground limestone caves in the … Continue reading…
Tranquille Canyon has a number of rugged wonders, but many of them are hard to get to. The slot canyons require a steep hike down and any exploration will involve some scrambling. The gorge lies below Mt. Wheeler and Red Plateau. There were no trails until recently but now there are the beginnings of a faint single track that takes … Continue reading…