It used to take Craig Pingle approximately 18 minutes to get to work via Highway 97 from Peachland to Summerland, both just south of Kelowna in B.C.’s Interior.
That was until the route connecting the Central and South Okanagan closed on Aug. 28 after heavy rockslides.
“Now it takes about two hours or more if there’s some traffic,” said Pingle, who works as a general manager for Haywire Winery.
B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure opened two forest service roads as alternative routes following the highway closure, but the detours have turned out to be too time-consuming, so the winery manager looked for new and unique ways of getting to work.
“First, I decided to park at the Okanagan
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