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The Final Frontier

TourBC's route in 2011 takes us through a mixture of rural farmland and mountainous wilderness. We will start our adventure in Kamloops.

Early on Sunday, July 17th, we will leave the university and travel through the downtown area to head east. From there we will take the back roads to join up with Highway 97 which we will follow to southeast of Falkland . Following the Salmon River , we will make our way through the valley to Salmon Arm where we spend our first night.

Leaving Salmon Arm the next morning, we will use the backroads and the highway to make our way south to Vernon.

In Vernon , we will head out along Highway 6 gradually climbing up until we are in Lumby where we will spend the 2nd night.

From Lumby, we have our most challenging day. We are heading over the Monashee Mountains and into the Kootenays. After a short ferry ride across Lower Arrow Lake , we will spend the night in Fauquier.

Day 4 is a short day into Nakusp where we will enjoy the hot springs, and the warm local hospitality. The next day, we will continue north on highway 23, crossing upper Arrow Lake at Galena and continuing along the very quiet highway 23 into Revelstoke.

From Revelstoke, we wil return to the west via Highway 1 using backroads once we re-enter the Okanagan region to travel through Malakwa, Cambie and Sicamous.

Leaving Sicamous, we will head south along Mara Lake and use backroads to skirt behind Enderby and into Armstrong.

Our final day, we will leave Armstrong through the Salmon River Valley and return to Kamloops via Monte Creek and North Kamloops.

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