{"id":775,"date":"2015-03-02T03:18:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T03:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/blog\/?page_id=775"},"modified":"2020-05-23T13:14:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T21:14:21","slug":"mel-deanna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/?page_id=775","title":{"rendered":"Mel DeAnna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-918 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mel-Deanna-shelter-close1.jpg\" alt=\"Mel Deanna\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Difficulty Level<\/strong>: Easy\/Intermediate<br \/>\n<strong>Distance<\/strong>: 5km loop<br \/>\n<strong>Elevation Gain<\/strong>: 0m<br \/>\n<strong>Dog Friendly<\/strong>: Yes<br \/>\n<strong>Bike Friendly<\/strong>: Yes<br \/>\n<strong>Facilities<\/strong>: Pit Toilets at the parking area, two picnic shelters, benches. There are also pit toilets at the first picnic area (1.5km; junction)<br \/>\n<strong>Season<\/strong>: Year-round<\/p>\n<p>A level shaded walk that loops around Champion Ponds. This is a great trail for birdwatchers with many opportunities to stop and enjoy the view of the Columbia River valley. The Poplar and Larch trees make this a spectacular hike in the fall. Thanksgiving meals can enjoyably be walked off by the whole family on this beautiful loop trail! Once the snow arrives this trail is a popular snowshoe loop. At the 1.5km mark on the trail, there is a junction. This is a 2 km loop so it doesn\u2019t matter which way you go.<\/p>\n<p>Please exercise caution above the numerous cliffs along this trail.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Castlegar Trails: Mel Deanna\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3TQW87bbyQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 class=\"paragraph_style\">Mel DeAnna Access<\/h1>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style\">\u2022<\/span>Head towards Salmo on Hwy 3<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style\">\u2022<\/span>5km east of Castlegar turn into the viewpoint\/rest area on the right<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><span class=\"style\">\u2022<\/span>Follow trail past viewpoint and through the gate towards the Champion Ponds<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1059\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mel-DeAnna-Access.jpg\" alt=\"Mel DeAnna Access\" width=\"310\" height=\"666\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Difficulty Level: Easy\/Intermediate Distance: 5km loop Elevation Gain: 0m Dog Friendly: Yes Bike Friendly: Yes Facilities: Pit Toilets at the parking area, two picnic shelters, benches. There are also pit toilets at the first picnic area (1.5km; junction) Season: Year-round A level shaded walk that loops around Champion Ponds. This is a great trail for birdwatchers with many opportunities to stop and enjoy the view of the Columbia River valley. The Poplar and Larch trees make this a spectacular hike&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/?page_id=775\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":678,"featured_media":0,"parent":743,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-775","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions\/1319"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoftrails.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}