The early rider gets the bird! Ride with writer, biologist, birder and South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP, Dick Cannings, and history buff John Shaske, on a scenic cycling tour along the KVR Trail. You and your bike will be shuttled to Chute Lake. From there you’ll begin a gentle descent down the 2.2% gradient. Stop, look, and listen for a variety of birds on route and take in an array of flora and fauna as you travel through a subalpine forest into spectacular Ponderosa pines. Learn about the building of the KVR and visit relics of the Railway including Adra Tunnel and Rock Ovens. The 30km cycle to Naramata will end back at Wharf Park where a tasty picnic lunch awaits. Price includes Shuttle to Chute Lake Lodge and lunch at Wharf Park.

Dick Cannings was born and raised in Penticton in a family that loved nature and the outdoors. He was a biologist at the University of British Columbia for 17 years then moved back to the Okanagan in 1995 to work as a consulting biologist and writer. In 2015 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the riding of South Okanagan-West Kootenay, retiring in 2025.

John Shaske is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia.  He is co-author of the book Canada by Rail with a passion for railway history and love for our wonderful local flora and fauna.