The route starts at the end of the parking lot of Myra Canyon Parking lot (near Kelowna) where the bike rentals are off of Myra Forest Service Road. The actual parking lot is part of the Kettle Valley Railway (KVR) and at the end of the parking lot is where the trail starts with a km post marking of 0km. The route is very flat for the first 37km to Chute Lake as it is the KVR trail the entire way, going over trestles and through tunnels. After Chute Lake the trail has a slight downhill grade the rest of the way and finishes at the 0km marker in Penticton on Vancouver Place. 

St Cuthbert's Way starts in the Scottish Borders at Melrose Abbey and winds it's way through Scotland and into England, passing through into Northumbria where it traverses through the Cheviot Hills before eventually getting to Holy Island where there's a tidal causeway to access the island and finish up at the Priory. The route is one of the most popular hiking routes in Southern Scotland/Northern England and is classic Borders' countryside of rolling hills punctuated by abbeys, castles and priories.

Yatsugataki is a volcanic range in Nagano. It runs in a north/south direction and attracts thousands of hikers annually. The route begins at the southern end of Yatsugataki and covers the first three mountains (Nishi, Amegasa, and Gongen) it then heads north to the highest peak Akadake (2899m) and follows a direct line north, along the ridge line to the only road (route 299, Mugikusa) that crosses this iconic range.