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Welcome to
Monashee Adventure Tours |
We offer CUSTOMIZED BIKE, HIKE, SNOWSHOE and TRANSPORTATION,
or CHOOSE a ready made MULTI-DAY ADVENTURE TOUR
from our TOURS & PACKAGES! We have a large selection of BIKE RENTALS.
Explore
the best Okanagan Valley adventures with your
friends on a Custom Bike Tour, Winery Tour, Myra Canyon Bike Tour, Snowshoe Tour (Big White) or Snowbiking Tour!
Join our professional guides on one
of our memorable tours, whether it's for birthday
parties, weddings, reunions, stags, stagettes,
our adventure tours are unforgettable. Half day,
overnight or multi-day tours are available. Summer,
Fall, Winter or Spring, we will customize any tour
to your
capabilities. Transport for self-guided Myra Canyon Bike tours also available. Rent a bike from Monashee Adventure Tours - we have a large selection of bike rentals to choose from. |
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Okanagan Life Magazine
January 2012
This is the 18th consecutive year that our readers have voted for their favourite business heroes in the North, Central and South Okanagan. Happy business people who receive the hottest award in the Valley know that Okanagan Life readers vote by way of official ballot ... View PDF |
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Canadian Living - by Doug O'Neill
June 26, 2012
Canadian wine-lovers, how about a little Lyle Lovett with your glass of Riesling? Canadian wineries are pouring on more than just wine these days. Time was, you drove up to a winery, sampled a few favourites from the cellar, and your designated driver drove on to the next vineyard. Times have definitely changed ... |
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Popularity of farm visits soars
Tourism Kelowna - by Catherine Frechette
June 25, 2012
...we wandered over to the entrance to the Manteo Resort on Cook Rd, where Monashee Adventure Tours has set up a bike rental station... Our first stop was Old Meadows Farm ... |
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By Steve MacNaull, Kelowna Daily Courier
June 23, 2012
Dinners and lunches were eaten at the Hotel Eldorado, Cabana Bar & Grille, the Delta Grand hotel and Tantalus Winery... there was also biking with Monashee Adventure Tours... |
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CBS San Francisco - Eye On the Bay
May 31, 2012
Brian wraps up his British Columbia adventure with a road trip to the northern most wine region in the world! Some call it the Napa Valley of Canada ... |
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Produced by: Alaska Airlines
May 15, 2012
The Monashee Mountains are a short drive from town and situated amid the alpine landscape are four ski areas - Apex, Big White, Crystal Mountain and Silver Star ...
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By Jeff Eager ( and the GCAT crew)
The Great Canadian Adventure Tour
February 13, 2012
Trail Head Ed has accomplished what everyone dreams of doing - he loves going to work! But who wouldn't when your office is one of the most spectacular biking/hiking spots on the planet! ...
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By Tim Morton-
SHAW TV Channel 11
July 19, 2011
Take a peek back at medieval times wirh Monashee Adventure Tours. Tim Morton explores the new East Kelowna Wine Trail ...
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By Robin Esrock - Globe and Mail Columnist Profile
Globe & Mail - July 06, 2011
In my dream, I’m pedalling among the vines in Tuscany. I’m riding alongside my fiancée, with warm, fresh bread in the bicycle basket, and a bottle of wine poking out from under a red and white checkered cloth...
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Daytripper: Trestlemania
Nothing can quell the urge to peddle where trains once chugged
By Brennan Clarke
WestWorld Magazine - Summer 2011
It's just after 8:30 a.m. when Ed Kruger, better known as Monashee Tour's Trailhead Ed, wheels into the Myra Station parking lot to unload our bikes and gear. Far below, the hush benchlands of southeastern Kelowna stretch toward the city ...
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Forget the snowboard -grab a bike
B.C. resort only one in Canada
to allow new sport
By DebbieE Olsen - for The Calgary Herald
As we peddled our rented snowbikes to the top edge of the practice ski run at Big White Ski Resort, it was easy to imagine how the first snowboarders likely felt when they brought their new contraptions onto a ski run. People were staring. And who could blame them? It's not every day you see a bike with a ski blade in place of a front tire...
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Land of snow ghosts
By DebbieE Olsen
Red Deer Advocate - March 05/2011
It’s a bit chilly in the land of snow ghosts.
A slight breeze is blowing as we near the summit of Big White Ski Resort in Kelowna, B.C., on the aptly named Snow Ghost Express Chairlift....
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Bike In the B.C. Highline
By Rachel Sturtz
Freelance writer
Seattle Met - Travel & Outdoors
52 Weekends
Getaways, Adventures,
and Road Trips for Every Weekend of the Year
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Intro to Snow Biking -
with Monashee Adventure Tours
Tourism
Kelowna Snowbiking Video
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From steel wheels to bicycle wheels
BY LIANE FAULDER, EDMONTON JOURNAL
Courtesy: Edmonton Journal
At first, Ed Kruger appears a 1960s-era throwback, all long, curly hair and smoky laugh... but then "Trailhead Ed" starts talking with considerable passion (and deep knowledge) about the history of the Okanagan region... Read Full Article |
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Beauty & Beyond: Biking the Kettle Valley
Courtesy: Global BC
This 10 kilometre section of rail running through Summerland, B.C. is the last surviving section of the Kettle Valley Railway. But thanks to some dedicated preservationists, you can still ride the entire distance... just not on a train. Watch Global BC Video |
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Cycling Tour in the Kettle Valley with Monashee Adventure Tours
by Lori Henry - Travel Writer, Actor and Cultural Dance Gal
His shouts echoed through the Okanagan Valley, getting stymied by the clouds. I was cycling along the Kettle Valley’s Myra Canyon with Trailhead Ed (aka. Ed Kruger) of Monashee Adventure Tours and our route took us 20 km round trip over 18 historic trestles and through two tunnels. Read Full article |
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One Track Wine
Choice rides—and bottles—along the Kettle Valley Rail Trail in the Okanagan
By Michael Robertson
Myra Canyon to Kelowna
Cycle This 12-kilometre stretch—"the jewel of the Kettle Valley Rail Trail”—was hidden from public view for five years after the fires of 2003 destroyed 13 of its 18 trestles. Reopened in June 2008, the trail now draws 100,000 cyclists and hikers a year, with its great vistas overlooking Kelowna and Lake Okanagan.
Sip Summerhill Pyramid Winery (summerhill.bc.ca) is only 20km away. Try their Platinum Gewurztraminer—dry but with great floral notes.
Chute Lake to the Naramata Bench
Cycle From Chute Lake ride along a corridor encased by trees and rock. The nearby rock ovens, for which this section is known, offer a peek into the lives of the crews who lived, worked and baked on the line... MORE |
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December
is harvest time for ice wine in the Okanagan
region of western Canada
By Remy Scalza
Special to The Washington
Post - January 3, 2010
... "You
see lynx, coyote, bobcat and fox out there," says
48-year-old mountain guide Ed Kruger, who heads Monashee Adventure Tours.
Kruger... a modern
incarnation of the mountain man...
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full article) |
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One of the 25 Best New
Trips in the world for 2010!! "National
Geographic Adventure Magazine"
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the article |
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Saturday, September
19th, 2009 |
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Sip
n' Cycle
By: Angie
Arnold
WeightWatchers.ca
Just as good wines are to be sipped and
savoured for maximum enjoyment, so too are
the gorgeous landscapes that produce them
best appreciated at the slower pace a bicycle
affords... Read
entire story
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Canadian
Geographic: 'Fire & Bikes' Article
featuring Monashee Adventure Tours
Article By
Masa Takei
Photo: Darryl Leniuk
“Firestorm 2003,” as it became known, was, by almost any measure,
the most devastating season of wildfires...Read
entire story
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Tourism
Kelowna, Globe & Mail Article
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NY
Times - The Okanagan, a Napa of the North |
My
husband and I enjoyed
a recent biking tour in Burgundy, France. Are there any similar
wine-country
cycling trips in
North America? |
In
British Columbia, book the South
Okanagan Wine Country Cycle Tour with
Monashee Adventure Tours. |
We offer multiple Cycle
to Winery Options that caters to every taste
and physical ability. These Okanagan winery tours
tours offer the chance
to see the Okanagan Valley
from either the seat of an ultra comfortable
suspension bike or behind the paddle of a canoe,
as well as taste the
world class wines that have
made their marks on international wine lists.
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Bring your own
bike or ride one from our fleet of Giant bicycles.
A bike, helmet and water are supplied. Bike tours run
from April until late October, rain or shine, Snowshoe tours from
November to April.
We will customize a tour for your group, contact
us for details. No group is too large,
we've done as many as 120 people in one day! Contact
us for pricing for groups of 10 or more.
We offer tours for all abilities and interests.
Our half day, overnight or multiday tours are
the perfect outings for: employee team-building,
employee appreciation/incentives, corporate retreats
and school trips. Enjoy a wide range of tours
and activities in the Southern Interior of British
Columbia including: Kettle Valley Railway, Rails
to Trails,
Cycle to Winery, Winery Tours, Freeride,
Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowshoeing and Hiking.
Join us for our winter activities: Snowshoeing and Snowbiking
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A Destination For All Seasons |
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Kelowna Activities |
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