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The Kelowna area was pretty hot when I hit it in the summer. A lot like home, but still dry. Probably why there is a lot of winery's up there.

Summit of Tincup is a bit over 11,000 ft and Taylor pass isn't far from that either. Both are well above timberline. I was the lone dude riding around without fuel injection. Larry's 8.1 never stumbled and obviously Bill's 24v Cummins creates it's own atmosphere with it's turbo and electric FI. My little worn out 350 and Q-jet never stumbled, farted or otherwise ran poorly at altitude. Actually, it's the best it's ever ran on a wheeling trip. I was scared to admit it for fear of Murphy slapping me in the face with a stupid failure. Even driving over Independence pass which I think was over 12,000 ft up it didn't load up. I climbed it most of the way in second. Years back that climb would have been in 1st most of the way at 3,000 rpm or more. Weird.