Nov 6th. Conkle Bonk…..!!!! Who could resist..!!

Not only was the trail called Mount Conkle Bonk (with frontal loop..!!!) but the trailhead was in Summerland……

We drive through and past Summerland on the way to Kelowna….but we had not actually stopped there before…..

As the weather gets a little colder and winter is tapping on the window ….Summerland sounded like a good place to spend the day.

At the start of the trail…the signposts indicate that it is part of the Trans Canada trail…which was kinda cool too…..considering some of the bits we have done.

Theres a fair bit of history to Summerland it seems…..

It would appear that all kinds of important banking people in Canadian banking history have connections to Summerland…as does the Cremation of Sam McGee ( it was all new news to me ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cremation_of_Sam_McGee

Its a lovely walk…and less intensely uphill than some of the ones we have done recently. There were quite a few mountain bikes……those guys are braver than me..(or crazier..!!)

Winding up the switchbacks we met up with a couple of hikers that we passed , they passed, we passed a few times…eventually we stopped for a chat on the top (Hi to Deb and Keith..!!). I think they were quite a bit fitter than us…..very nice couple. Good chat…and some recommendations on local trails……

They also pointed out the train station….this little bit of the KVR has a working steam train… https://www.kettlevalleyrail.org/ ……..unfortunately the train does not operate past the end of October….but for a reasonable fee one can ride it up the valley .

The views from the ridge at the top did not disappoint….also, curiously, there was this Tibetan flag tribute……kinda cool to find up there…

Deb and Keith also made the recommendation for our next hike ( Dogown Trail ) nice people…we hope to meet them again some day out on the trails.

There was a bit of bushwhacking on the way back down on this one….but no sheer drop off a cliff incidents….so all good…!!!

There are lots of trails up around this spot….so there may be a return journey…..

Next spot will be Dogtown Trail….or as Scott is keen to call it…Cloudy Mountain…!!!

A few extra pix