Kelowna, Clearwater, & Valmount BC, Canada

From Jasper National Park in Alberta Canada, we headed west to Kelowna in British Colombia to wine taste. On our way we stayed in Valmount and Clearwater.

Valmount

Valmount is known for being the end of one of the worlds longest salmon runs at Swift Creek. Chinook salmon start from the mouth of the Fraser River at the Pacific Ocean and travel about 800 miles upstream. They were supposed to be in Swift Creek when we were there, but the Chinook must have been running a little late. Bummer for us.

Rearguard Falls

A short walk to the falls where we watched rafters float by.

Kinney Lake

A long but easy hike in the Mount Robson Provincial Park to Kinney Lake. The Robson River gets its color from glacier flour.

Along the way there were few wildflowers, but plenty of mushrooms.

iRVin’s

Nothing special about this park, but it did have 50 amp service and marginal wifi. Jake liked the open dog park where he could explore off leash.

Clearwater

We stayed at Dutch Lake. Our site was large. We only had 30 amp service, water, no sewer, marginal satellite reception and intermittent internet. Swimming in the warm lake water was the thing to do.

Dutch Lake’s main attraction is the lake and a restaurant.

Wells Gray Provincial Park

Wells Gray is know for it’s numerous waterfalls. Dawson Falls was a short hike to a couple of viewpoints.

Helmcken Falls is the fourth largest waterfall in Canada. It was a hazy day from all the fires.

Moul Falls involved a 1 1/2 hour roundtrip hike but was well worth it. There is a trail that goes behind the falls.

Spahats Falls was an easy walk to a viewpoint. A couple months ago, a 21 year old woman fell to her death here reportedly while taking a selfie.

Kelowna

What a beautiful area. Mountains, lakes and wineries. The day we arrived, the temperature was 100 F. Air conditioning and early morning activities were essential. We stayed at Scenic RV. It’s built on a peach orchard. They had 50 amp service, water, sewer, good satellite and great internet.

Our first day in Kelowna we went to Blind Tiger, Arrowleaf and Gray Mont Wineries.

There was so much smoke in the air from fires. Because of the heat and smoke we were limited to wine tasting! Grizzli had some good wines, especially their Meritage.

The Hatch’s white wines were delicious with a free spirit atmosphere.

Vibrant Vine’s wines were also good. The tasting room was funky and artistic with a lot of poster art done in 3D. Even their wine labels were in 3D. Walking in from the parking lot we were given 3D glasses to enjoy the art.

St. Hubertus, Summerhill and Cedar Creek were all good.

We goat cheese tasted at Carmelis and couldn’t resist their goat cheese ice cream.