nʕaylintn (McIntyre Bluff)

Montaña en Okanagan Valley, Canada

• Abierto todo el año

Acceso y tarifas

• entrada gratuita (tarifa: none stated in sources)

Qué hacer

• panoramic valley views (visible: Vaseux Lake, vineyards, orchards, mountains)
• summit hiking (sendero: out and back · distancia: 10 km return · elevación: 375–424 m)
• wildlife and flora viewing (habitat: red- and blue-listed species, antelope-brush shrubsteppe)

Antes de ir

• covert farms trail closed (reopen: no plans confirmed · closed since: March 2020 · status as of: November 2022)

Mejor época para visitar

• wildflowers on covert farms route (temporada: May–July) — that route currently closed

Características

• cliff height 300 m (above: Highway 97 and Vaseux Lake)
• cultural site osoyoos indian band (use: lugar de culto activo)
• former glacial dam site (context: southern terminus glacial Lake Oliver)
• gneiss rock ridge (formation: large ridge, gneiss rock)
• heritage registered (date: 19 March 2009 · register: RDOS Community Heritage Register)
• indigenous cultural landmark (renamed: 7 August 2015 · language name: nsyilxcen (Okanagan))
• name meaning: storyteller (language: nsyilxcen (Okanagan))
• northernmost point great basin desert
• pictographs at cliff base (ubicación: base of cliffs)
• protected dry-forest ecosystem (protected area: White Lake Grasslands Protected Area)
• renamed 7 august 2015 (former name: McIntyre Bluff · requested by: Osoyoos Indian Band)
• rock type: granitic gneiss (formed by: glacial activity)
• within protected area (nombre: White Lake Grasslands Protected Area)

Cerca de aquí

• mcintyre canyon (relación: east of bluff, associated glacial feature)
• okanagan falls and oliver (relación: bluff lies between both towns)
• vaseux lake (dirección: north of bluff)

Datos útiles

• dogs allowed on leash
• hike difficulty: low–moderate
• nearest town oliver, bc (drive: approx. 10 min)
• official name change 2015 (authority: BC Ministry of Environment · previous name: McIntyre Bluff)
• typical hike duration 3–3.5 hrs

Identificador de catálogo: AVIA-JA2G-EPE8R

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