The cat is out of the bag (literally) that this part of #TheTrail is on BC’s old #KettleValleyRailway, but it is not the Kettle Valley Rail Trail … so here comes the next hint …

This part of the KVR was the most difficult section of the railway to build, and was the most expensive mile of track built anywhere in the world at the time. Care to harbour a guess as to what section of the #TransCanadaTrail this is?

#ExploreBC #ExploreCanada #OnTheTrail #CanadianTrailSummit #BCparks #NameThatTrail

The cat is out of the bag (literally) that this part of #TheTrail is on BC’s old #KettleValleyRailway, but it is not the Kettle Valley Rail Trail … so here comes the next hint …

This part of the KVR was the most difficult section of the railway to build, and was the most expensive mile of track built anywhere in the world at the time. Care to harbour a guess as to what section of the #TransCanadaTrail this is?

#ExploreBC #ExploreCanada #OnTheTrail #CanadianTrailSummit #BCparks #NameThatTrail

These #bcparks #camping reservations are becoming harder to get than concert tickets, it's wild. But here we go, Black Tusk trip in the works and its main logistics hurdle has been taken care of!
Is it alpine #wildflower season yet? 🌼
Always get excited this time of year in anticipation of the upcoming summer #backpacking season. This photo of paintbrush flowers was take on Flower Ridge in Strathcona Provincial Park on #VancouverIsland last year.
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#Britishcolumbia #naturephotography #bcparks #Canada #hiking #photography #mountains #flowers
Highlight of last summer was finally making it across to #MarbleMeadows in #StrathconaProvincialPark on #VancouverIsland . This alpine route is only reachable via a canoe crossing of Buttle Lake. The alpine is know for it's unique karst formations, limestone, fossils and wildflowers. #bcparks This was 4 days of #backpacking bliss in the #outdoors 🏕️
I quickly fell in love with the sight of wild buckwheats in the Okanagan, like this parsnipflower buckwheat (Eriogonum heracleoides).

#plant #buckwheat #eriogonum #flower #nativeplants #bcparks #okanagan #inaturalist #britishcolumbia #canada
A charming yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) spotted from the road.

#marmot #marmota #mammal #rodent #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #britishcolumbia #canada
Some charming little Lithophragma leaves, also called "woodland stars."

#plant #lithophragma #bcparks #okanagan #inaturalist #britishcolumbia #canada #plantphotography #macro
A cute little plant from the Okanagan, Hemizonella minima.

#hemizonella #plantphotography #plant #macro #inaturalist #bcparks #britishcolumbia #okanagan #canada
Another tiny cute plant from the Okanagan, Hemizonella minima (opposite-leaved tarweed).

#plant #flower #hemizonella #macrophotography #plantphotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #britishcolumbia #canada