Featuring route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established staging areas. Located in south-central British Columbia and situated between the Cascade and Columbia mountain ranges, the Southern Okanagan Valley extends from Kelowna to Osoyoos. Popular Day Hikes: South-Central Okanagan - 2nd Edition describes 35 accessible treks around Kelowna, West Kelowna, and Westside Road, as well as Penticton, Naramata, Oliver, Osoyoos, Summerland, Peachland, and Keremeos. Featuring robust vineyards, fruit orchards, desert-like grasslands, rich marshes, ponderosa pine forests, towering cliffs, large lakes, salmon streams, modest peaks, and a tremendous diversity of animal and plant life, this stunning area is rich with dozens of unique hiking routes. Some of the trips included are: Angel Springs Knox Mountain Park Black Knight Mountain Canyon Falls McDougall Rim Viewpoints Rose Valley Regional Park Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park Rock Ovens Park Ellis Ridge Trail Keremeos Columns Provincial Park Each route description includes: detailed directions to trailheads colour maps and photographs seasonal information round-trip distances trail commentary difficulty ratings.