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SLOCAN VALLEY RAIL TRAIL 49.70km Following the Columbia & Kootenay Railway line between South Slocan and Slocan City, this multipurpose trail allows only non-motorized traffic: walking/hiking, horse riding, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, and snowshoeing. HISTORY       Massive railroad … Continue reading →

COLUMBIA & WESTERN RAIL TRAIL – Castlegar to Midway 164 km HISTORY Rossland/Trail to Castlegar. Constructed in 1896, its route connected silver and gold mines at Red Mountain and Rossland and a smelter at Trail. Augustus Heinze was the force … Continue reading →

KETTLE VALLEY RAILWAY Kettle Valley Railway (KVR) was a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway that operated in southern British Columbia between Midway and Hope. At Midway, it connected to the CPR’s Columbia & Western Railway, leading to Grand Forks … Continue reading →

GREAT NORTHERN Rail Trail (Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway – Salmo to Nelson) Rail Trail to Troup Beach  COLUMBIA & WESTERN Rail Trail (Castlegar to Midway) KETTLE VALLEY Rail Trail  (Midway to Hope) SLOCAN VALLEY Rail Trail  (Columbia & Kootenay Railway … Continue reading →

A series of interconnected trails and roads in Ymir village form a scenic loop to explore this local favourite. YMIR (pop 230). Ymir was originally known as Quartz Creek. The townsite was laid out in 1897 by railway magnate D.C. … Continue reading →

The Salmo-Troup Trail extends approximately 48 kilometres between Salmo and Nelson. This stretch of trail is part of a much more extensive proposed system of trails known as “The Kootenay Loop”, which connects to the Trans Canada Trail network in … Continue reading →

Svoboda Road is primarily a mountain biking area with 15 trails, 10 of them black diamond. The main interest for hikers is a moderate hike up to a nice viewpoint above the West Arm of Kootenay Lake. Location: Just east … Continue reading →

Cooking Before Dehydrating. There is no need to cook a vegetable before drying if it is one that you would eat raw in a salad such as pepper, tomato, mushroom or onion. All you have to do is clean, cut … Continue reading →

TOMATO SAUCE LEATHER The secret ingrediente italiano per deliziosi pasti used to make Italian-style backpacking meals such as Unstuffed Peppers, Seafood Raminara, Spinach & Bean Raminara, and Macaroni with Cheesy Tomato Sauce. Method: Start with your grandma’s homemade tomato sauce … Continue reading →

NOTES Rehydratlon: one cup dehydrated food with one cup water and let sit five minutes. Light stove, bring to a boil and cook for one minute. Remove and place pot inside insulating pot cozy for ten minutes. Rice. For backpacking rice recipes, precook … Continue reading →