Contestants participating in a gruelling 580-kilometre adventure race will be making their way through the North Okanagan today and tomorrow as four teams compete on foot, mountain bikes and in canoes using maps and compasses to navigate the Okanagan race course.
Image Credit: Hoodoo Adventures/Nathan Karsgaard/Angry Whale Media
May 23, 2023 - 12:00 PM
Contestants participating in a gruelling 580-kilometre adventure race will be making their way through the North Okanagan today and tomorrow as four teams compete on foot, mountain bikes and in canoes using maps and compasses to navigate the Okanagan race course.
The Epic Adventure Race is organized by Hoodoo Adventures, a company based in Penticton. The total race takes place in the Okanagan valley over a span of four to six days. It got underway today, May 23.
The race involves trekking, trail running, mountain biking, kayaking and canoeing, orienteering and rappelling. Mixed, male, female, young and masters teams of four must navigate their way unsupported through an arduous 580 km course that is only revealed to them hours before.
Image Credit: Hoodoo Adventures/Nathan Karsgaard/Angry Whale Media
The athletes will be riding mountain bikes from Echo Lake near Lumby, along Brewer Road, Highway 6 and King Edward FSR today, and will be arriving in Kalamalka Provincial Park in Coldstream tonight, , according to a District of Coldstream media release. Tomorrow they'll be riding to Lake Country via the trail network and High Rim Trail.
The competitors will continue in canoes back to Coldstream and are expected to arrive at Kalamalka Beach around 9 a.m. tomorrow. Then they will race on foot through the district.
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The access road between Alexanders Pub and Kalamalka Beach will be closed from 8 a.m. May 24, until 9 a.m. May 25.
More details about the Epic Adventure Race can be found here.
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