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KVR - Penticton to Midway

Ambitious A real undertaking. Demanding on a couple of fronts, like rough surfaces plus steady climbing, or a long stretch on busier roads.

Difficulty Our overall read of how demanding a route is. We score surface roughness, climbing, singletrack, and how far it runs from services. The route publisher's own rating, a lot of busy road riding, or sheer scale can push the tier up, never down.

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The Kettle Valley Rail Trail from Penticton to Midway is one of Canada's most-loved off-pavement tours: 214 km of historic rail grade through Naramata's benchlands, up past Chute Lake, through the Kelowna highlands and Beaverdell, and down to Midway. Access points all along mean you can ride anything from 11 km to the whole thing. The grades stay gentle, but surfaces vary from smooth to rough and sandy, and services thin out in the middle, so plan your days around the towns.

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Fast-road stretches#

We believe these are the fast, unprotected roads on this route. We can tell you which roads and roughly how far, but not the order you will ride them. If you see an error, tell us and we'll fix it.

about 24 km of 33 · near Zamora
about 1 km of Naramata Road · near Poplar Grove

☕Stops worth stopping for31 along this route

Kettle Valley Rail Trail: Myra Canyon's 18 trestles and two tunnels on the Kettle Valley Rail Trail, a National Historic Site. · Myra

Daydreamer Wines: Marcus holds the Master of Wine designation; Best Red Wine in Canada in 2019; multiple platinum and gold medals at the National Wine Awards of Canada. · Naramata

Kettle River Museum: Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway: the original 1901 station house at Midway. · Midway

Lang Vineyards: British Columbia's first farm-gate winery … home to the oldest vines on the Naramata Bench. · Naramata

Laughing Stock Vineyards: 90+ points from WineAlign in 8 of 10 submissions since 2012 and is regarded as one of BC's cult wines. · Penticton