The Trans Canada - Kettle Valley rail trail between Princeton and Coalmont has been closed by a slide. The map above, indicates the location of the slide area. Credit: Gov't of B.C.

Rail trail north of Princeton closed due to slide

PENTICTON – The Trans Canada Trail and Kettle Valley Rail Trail has been closed until further notice between Princeton and Coalmont.

A large rockslide came down on the former rail bed approximately 10 kilometres west of Princeton at the 125 kilometre marker of the Trans Canada Trail.

Deemed unsafe for recreational use, the trail is impassible at the slide site, resulting in the closure of that section between Princeton and Coalmont to all users, until further notice.

The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen, the Vermillion Trails Society and Recreation Sites and Trails B.C. are working together to repair and re-open the trail. Stability assessments of the area is currently underway.

Signs warning users of the closure will be installed along the trail, which will re-open when it is considered safe. Further repairs have been scheduled for completion this summer.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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  1. Gino Del-ciotto

    so the whole trail is closed between coalmont and princeton or just the area that is affected?

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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