BCCC's

Soaring Eagle Cycling Routes Proposal

 

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Kelowna Wine Country

 

Proposed Soaring Eagle Cycling Routes

Route – From and to

 

Type of Cycling Facilities

Comments – Appeal to Type of Cyclists

General Comments -  including Hilliness, Uncomfortable Sections of Route

1

Direct route – Hwy 97 from Kelowna to North of Vernon

  Paved road    
 

Lower traffic volume route – along Glenmore in Kelowna and Old Kamloops Rd north of Vernon

    Paved road    
 

Direct route – Hwy 97 from Kelowna to Osoyoos

(note - green line is the KVR)

    Paved road    

2

Westside Rd from Hwy #97 north of Vernon, along west side of Okanagan Lake to Hwy #97 in Westbank

     

3

Circular route of Westside Rd

     

4

Wine road route in Westbank – Gellatly Rd and Boucherie Rd

    Paved road - usually without paved shoulders    

5

Kelowna on east side of Okanagan Lake - Lakeshore

(note - green line is the KVR. Blue line is the proposed connector)

 

    Paved road except for last section. Parts of Lakeshore have bike lanes    

6

Proposed off-road connector from Lakeside Rd in Kelowna to the KVR north of Naramata - Proposed

refer to image above - blue line connecting from Lakeshore Rd by the lake (red line) to the KVR (green line)

A road (red line between the Lakeshore Rd (red line) and the KVR (green line) could be an alternate route depending on hill grades, road surface, and state of road

 Proposed Off-road, gravel    

7

KVR from Penticton north past Naramata to Chute Lake – Off-Road

(note - green lines are the KVR rail lines)

  Off-road, gravel    

8

East side route on Skaha Lake

    Paved road    

9

Green Mountain Rd and Nickel Plate Rd  from Penticton to Hedley

    Paved road    

10

Marron Valley to Keremeos to Osoyoos –  from Hwy #3 to HWY #3A and Hwy #3

    Paved road    

11

Green Mountain Rd from Penticton to Hwy #3A at Keremeos Forks Indian Reserve

    Paved road    

12

Hedley to Cedar Creek on Hwy #3A

    Paved road    

13

Abandoned Railway line from Hedley to Similkameen River – Off-Road

  Green - Off--road, gravel    

14

Abandoned Railway line from Keremeos to the border – Off-Road

  Green - Off--road, gravel    

15

Black Sage Rd from 246 Av to Hwy #97 at Inkaneep Provincial Park

(note - green lines are the KVR rail line and the Abandoned Railway line from Hedley to Similkameen River to the border)

    Paved road, no shoulders, low traffic road    

16

KVR – Osoyoos to Penticton Rail Corridor and north through Penticton to Summerland – Off-Road

(note - green lines are the KVR rail line and the Abandoned Railway line from Hedley to Similkameen River to the border)

  Green - Off--road, gravel    

17

Green Lake and White Lake route from Okanagan Falls to Oliver

(note - green line is the KVR)

     

18

Penticton connectors

(note - green lines are the KVR and river paths)

  Red -   Paved road, mixture of roads with no shoulder, bike routes, and bike lanes

Green - Off--road, gravel

   

19

Kelowna connectors

(note - green line is the lake path)

 

 

  Red -   Paved road, mixture of roads with no shoulder, bike routes, and bike lanes

Green - Off--road, gravel

   
 

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