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Penticton Mountain Trails- Oliver Mountain- East Peak

Oliver Mtn- East Peak: Elevation 708 meters (2315 feet).

Approximately 40 KM (25 miles) from Penticton, British Columbia. Hiking time round trip- 3.5 to 4.0 hrs allowing for stops. Round trip roughly 4.8 KM (3.0 miles), elevation gain-204M (668 feet). Best time is usually May to October.

Directions: Oliver Mountain is the west skyline of Oliver, British Columbia. It runs south to north parallel to Oliver. In the past this area was a significant mining center. The Fairview mine was located on the slope to the south of Oliver Mountain. There are still claim markers on Oliver Mountain. The top can be hot and is quite open except for a few heavily treed areas which are like an oasis. Must be considerable moisture under the ground in these areas. There are many ATV trails but powered vehicles are no longer allowed. There appears to be two high points, one on the east side and another on the west side of the mountain. The GPS shows an altitude gain of 204 meters but it is a bit more than that as there is considerable up and down on the trails.

From Penticton head south on Highway 97. A short distance past Kaleden roughly 14 KM (8.7 miles) from Penticton turn right (west) onto White Lake Road. Continue down White Lake Road past the observatory. Look for the Fairview/White Lake Road on the left (south) a few kilometers west from the observatory. Turn left (south) onto Fairview/White Lake Road and follow the road south. The road passes through the community of Willowbrook. Roughly 6 KM (4 miles) from Willowbrook a small parking area by a gate with a bench near the gate will be seen on the left (east) side of the road. There is a sign on the other side of the gate that motorized vehicles are not allowed. See the parking area photograph below. From the gate followed a road to the east side of the mountain which provided some good views. Locating a trail that went north to the east high point required some backtracking. Eventually found a wide trail that headed north off an east/west road. See photos below, it is also marked in the GPS data. Further north this trail was overgrown and hard to follow but did lead to a high point on the east side of the mountain. The views from this high point are quite good. The photos below show the route.

GPS Data: Right click on link to bring up menu to download (save) file.

Oliver Mountain East, GPS GPX format-Zipped.    Oliver Mountain East, GPS TXT format.

Oliver Mtn 2011/09

Start of trail off Fairview/White Lake Road, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. After a short climb trail levels out, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Deer walking by, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
View to the north from the trail, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Following the trail to the east side of the mountain, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Passing by a dried up pond, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
A mining claim marker, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. View to the SE from the east side of the mountain, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. View to the south from the east side of the mountain, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
Following a narrow road that heads north, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Road starts to head down, back tracked from here, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Found another trail heading north, went to a ravine, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
Trail crossed the ravine and swung south, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Trail goes south to another east-west road, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Went west along this road and found another trail going north, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
A short distance up the trail heading north looking back at its start point, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Trail gets harder to follow but continues to climb and head north, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Some distance up this trail, view to the east, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
Trail is often overgrown, continues to climb and head north, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Trail starts to run parallel to a ravine, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Rock pile marks where trail comes out on a ridge, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
Trail continues to parallel the ravine, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Ravine leads to an oasis of green, must be water underground here, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Trail turns NW and continues to climb, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
Trail heads up through a narrow ravine, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Trail comes out of the ravine, swings around to the west of a high point and goes to the top, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Looking north from the east peak, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
Looking west towards the west peak, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Looking east towards Oliver, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Looking south from the east peak, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
Looking NE from the east peak, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. A rock pile marker on the east peak, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Heading back down the west side of the east peak, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
Heading back following trail east around the base of the east peak, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Rock pile marker shows where trail drops into the narrow ravine on east side of peak, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Heading back, coming out of the narrow ravine, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.
Heading back going west, a curious deer on the road, Oliver Mtn 2011-09. Heading west on the main east-west road back to the parking area, Oliver Mtn 2011-09.


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