On a hot (34 degrees C) end-of-May day, we drove into the Dewdrop Range and parked at the Dewdrop Trailhead area.    We got an early start and hiked steadily up the steep trail, climbing a series of ridges on the Red Plateau Escarpment.     There are a number of viewpoints and possible end points along the way, but for this day, we continued along the rim, traversing west to the top of the Ragged Red Ridge, our lunch and turn-around point.   We enjoyed the open views and explored the lava flow formations a bit, then we headed back down, retracing our steps, hiking back the way we came up.

The climb from the Dewdrop Range up to the rim of the Escarpment has 530 m (1738 ft.) elevation gain in 3 km.     At several points on the ridge we had wide views of the rocky terrain above Kamloops Lake.

The trail follows a ridge to the top.    Red Canyon was below on the west side with the Ragged Red Ridge on the other side.

From the viewpoint on the top of the ridge we could look across the Escarpment and the Dewdrop Range to Kamloops Lake.

This is a more difficult hike of about 8.8 km.   This had been the hottest day of the year to date so we were happy to finish the hike before 1:00 pm and head to air-conditioning and lunch.