Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park in Kelowna is a must-see if you’re in the interior of BC. Most notably in the park is the Trestle Trail. The trail is 12 km long one way and it follows a portion of what once was the Kettle Valley Railway. One of the cooler things about the trail is that they allow you to bike it if you wish. Before the start of the trail in the parking lot, they have a bike station that allows rentals….. a little PSA from me… it’s quite expensive so if you do plan on biking here be sure to bring your own bike if you have one.

There are 16 trestles along the way, which if you didn’t know are essentially wooden train bridges that connect between mountains. You’ll notice if you go there that the tracks are gone. This is because in 2003 there was a massive forest fire, damaging all the train tracks and decimating the trees in the valley that you can see along the path.

A view looking over the valley, as you can see the trees are damaged from that 03 forest fire.

The largest of the trestle bridges is the very last one, so if you want to get to it you must walk the entirety of the 12 km!! No need to feel bad if you don’t end up going the whole way though because frankly, we didn’t either. I wish we did, to be honest.

A little fear of height warning for those of you out there, because at some parts of the trail right along the edge it’s quite the steep drop off, I was poking fun at my mum the entire time which was a little mean but she found it funny.

In all seriousness though, I highly recommend this place if you are in the interior, it’s a long drive to get up the mountain to the parking lot but it is entirely worth it. You’ll also get to see some tunnels along the route too!

It seems a little spooky at first because it gets dark in a hurry in the tunnels, but I promise it is fascinating to hear how echoey it gets towards the middle.