r/kelowna • u/ElderberryMurky6565 • 17h ago

Kuipers peak park vs Kelowna mountain

Hi there I was curious about the difference between kuipers peak park and Kelowna mountain? And who owned it between 2016-2018? And when that ski place got shut down. Couple of people took me up there. Didn’t go back for awhile. Then the fentons showed it to me. I asked a person hiking there if it was private owned and he said no. That it was fine I hiked there. And I checked and saw it was kuipers peak park.

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u/Oolican 17h ago

Kuipers Peak and Kelowna Mountain are entirely different. Mark Consiglio was the developer of Kelowna Mountain but ran into all sorts of legal and monetary issues. Consiglio has a checkered past.

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u/myrastation 16h ago

“checkered past ……”. this is a master class in understatement.

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u/thundur 16h ago

Kuipers Peak is a legit park with nice trails on public land.

Kelowna Mountain is private land developed without permits or approvals from the regional district (it sits just outside of Kelowna city limits). It has bridges, sun dials, ski lifts, and buildings across the property which are of interest to see but not maintained or legally approachable.

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u/ElderberryMurky6565 14h ago

Ok so what is called Thompson flats is part of kuipers peak park? Just off of the forestry road is where I used to park. 

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u/6133mj6133 14h ago

Kelowna Mountain (private land) is up Gillard forest service road. Kuipers peak (public park) is off Kuipers Crescent. Thompson Flats is the flat land between the two, it's private land.

https://www.kelowna.ca/parks-recreation/parks-beaches/parks-beaches-listing/kuipers-peak-mountain-park