KELOWNA BC to HOPE BC Off Road?????

Hawa · 06-07-2013, 09:53 PM

my brother and I are meeting up in the Portland OR area this summer to run the Washington backcountry discovery route and finish with an epic journey of the Kettle Valley Railway.

I am trying to figure out how to get back home to the Seatte area from the KVR. If I can get from Kelowna to Hope on dirt (80+%) then our trip will truly become epic.

Please help.......

PS.... I love maps and pics!!!!!

Thanks to my northern neighbors.....

-

Hawa

gunnerbuck · 06-07-2013, 10:40 PM

We rode some of the KVR last summer but could not get to Hope on it as the we found the trail slid out into the Coquihalla River... You may want to work the logging roads from the Coqu to Boston Bar, then take Nahtlatch, Koopkiki FSR and East Harrison FSR down to Harrison Hot Springs and from there to the border...

Here is a bit from last summer:http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=821977

teamgrizzly · 06-08-2013, 01:18 AM

If your looking for off road, then I would look at from Kelowna, the Bear Creek FSR (just north of Westside), which would then hook you up into the Penask Lake FSR and into Merritt. From Merritt I would take the 97C to the Kane Valley Rd which will then send you to Tulameen. After Tulameen, head west up the Lawless-Britton FSR to the Coquihalla (#5) north to Murray Lake Rd, then to Spius Creek FSR and the Uztlius FSR to Boston Bar, then relax on Hwy 1 back to Hope. There is a real lack of connector backroads around Hope due to the mountains and Manning Park.

I've ridden all this on a Strom and can attest it's bike bike friendly. I would hit up a bookstore or gas station and get a copy of Backroads Mapbook - Kamloops/Okanagan Edition. This will have all these roads listed and more.

The Nahatlatch route to Harrison is good too except I found the road surface starting to go in some places, some patches in the middle are starting to get sandy and rocky. Also there are three washouts to contend with. Heading south the first one would be a trick, then other two are filled with debris and are a bike length long. Once you get past the last one the road quite good.

Mike

shuswap biker · 06-08-2013, 08:01 AM

You can hop back on the KVR around Faulder and then into Princeton and north to Larson hill (you may have to skirt away from the wash out and take the gravel road to the Coq at Brookemere

Lycan1 · 06-08-2013, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by shuswap biker

You can hop back on the KVR around Faulder and then into Princeton and north to Larson hill (you may have to skirt away from the wash out and take the gravel road to the Coq at Brookemere

That is what I would do. Check out my KVR report, in my sg line.

Hawa · 06-11-2013, 10:16 PM

Thanks all...

Great info!

I've got my back road maps book ordered

06-07-2013, 09:53 PM	#1
Hawa ^OP n00b Joined: Sep 2012 Oddometer: 2	KELOWNA BC to HOPE BC Off Road????? my brother and I are meeting up in the Portland OR area this summer to run the Washington backcountry discovery route and finish with an epic journey of the Kettle Valley Railway. I am trying to figure out how to get back home to the Seatte area from the KVR. If I can get from Kelowna to Hope on dirt (80+%) then our trip will truly become epic. Please help....... PS.... I love maps and pics!!!!! Thanks to my northern neighbors..... -Hawa

06-07-2013, 10:40 PM	#2
gunnerbuck I.Hopp. Joined: Nov 2005 Location: N.V.I, B.C. Oddometer: 3,131	We rode some of the KVR last summer but could not get to Hope on it as the we found the trail slid out into the Coquihalla River... You may want to work the logging roads from the Coqu to Boston Bar, then take Nahtlatch, Koopkiki FSR and East Harrison FSR down to Harrison Hot Springs and from there to the border... Here is a bit from last summer:http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=821977 __________________ 640 A x 2

06-08-2013, 01:18 AM	#3
teamgrizzly Even more advanced n00b! Joined: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia Oddometer: 270	If your looking for off road, then I would look at from Kelowna, the Bear Creek FSR (just north of Westside), which would then hook you up into the Penask Lake FSR and into Merritt. From Merritt I would take the 97C to the Kane Valley Rd which will then send you to Tulameen. After Tulameen, head west up the Lawless-Britton FSR to the Coquihalla (#5) north to Murray Lake Rd, then to Spius Creek FSR and the Uztlius FSR to Boston Bar, then relax on Hwy 1 back to Hope. There is a real lack of connector backroads around Hope due to the mountains and Manning Park. I've ridden all this on a Strom and can attest it's bike bike friendly. I would hit up a bookstore or gas station and get a copy of Backroads Mapbook - Kamloops/Okanagan Edition. This will have all these roads listed and more. The Nahatlatch route to Harrison is good too except I found the road surface starting to go in some places, some patches in the middle are starting to get sandy and rocky. Also there are three washouts to contend with. Heading south the first one would be a trick, then other two are filled with debris and are a bike length long. Once you get past the last one the road quite good. Mike __________________ Motorcycle nut in the Pacific Northwet - Teamgrizzly.ca "Just shut up and go, fer christsakes" 6 Bikes, 1 Garage. Holy crap, I`ve turned into motorcycling`s equivalent to the crazy ol`cat lady. teamgrizzly screwed with this post 06-08-2013 at 01:25 AM

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06-08-2013, 08:01 AM	#4
shuswap biker Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2011 Oddometer: 166	You can hop back on the KVR around Faulder and then into Princeton and north to Larson hill (you may have to skirt away from the wash out and take the gravel road to the Coq at Brookemere

06-11-2013, 10:16 PM	#6
Hawa ^OP n00b Joined: Sep 2012 Oddometer: 2	Thanks all... Great info! I've got my back road maps book ordered