The following rules govern the use by you of the Okanagan Cycling Guide website. By accessing this site, you agree to abide by these rules and any modifications thereto.

Okanagan Cycling Guide, www.okanagancycling.com, reserves the right to remove any and all comments that do not comply with the guidelines contained below. These include comments that use profanity, make personal attacks, or contain other inappropriate comments or material. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Users who violate any of our posting standards will have content removed and can be banned from the site.

However, Okanagan Cycling Guide makes no warranties of any kind with regard to the contents of this site or to any comments posted by third parties, including without limitation warranties of title, non-infringement, or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Okanagan Cycling Guide does not warrant that any information is complete or accurate or that any information or links provided are free of rogue programming. You understand and acknowledge that you use and/or rely on any information obtained through this site at your own risk.

By using this site, you hereby release and waive any and all claims against Okanagan Cycling Guide , its board of directors, members and agents, arising from or in connection with your use of this site. You also agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Okanagan Cycling Guide from and against any and all claims, including costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from or in connection with your use of the site or your failure to abide by applicable law.

Distances and Elevations

Distances given in ride descriptions are measured in kilometers, and may vary slightly with different bicycle odometers or GPS units. They are for general guidance only. All elevations are given in meters and can vary slightly.

Ride to Your Capabilities

All ride difficulties are our best judgement on the difficulty of the ride for the average rider. Anything marked above easy is an indication that the trail is not for beginners. It is up to you as a rider to take all the precautions necessary to ensure your safety, and the safety of those around you.

Ride at Your Own Risk

All maps and directions are as accurate as possible as of the time created. However, information contained within maps and descriptions herein should be used to supplement your own skills in map reading, backcountry travel and route finding. Ride at your own risk. Okanagan Cycling Guide, JP Works Consulting, its owners, advertisers, and affiliates can not be held responsible for any discomfort, injury, death, legal action, damage to property or any other negative consequences incurred while riding.

Comment Guidelines

We welcome your participation in comment threads. In order to keep the experience a positive one for all of our users, we ask that you follow the rules outlined below. By submitting comments to this site, you are consenting to the following rules:

1. You agree that you are fully responsible for the content that you post.

   You may not post content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, that violates a third party’s right to privacy, that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or that is otherwise inappropriate. Furthermore, you may not post content that degrades others on the basis of gender, race, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual preference, disability or other classification. Language intended to intimidate or to incite violence will not be tolerated. In addition, by posting material in the comments, you represent that you have the legal right to reproduce, adapt, display, and distribute this material to others. Okanagan Cycling Guide will not be held responsible for posted information that may infringe on a third party’s copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights.

2. You understand and agree that Okanagan Cycling Guide may modify the content of your comments.

   Okanagan Cycling Guide may monitor user-generated content as it chooses and reserves the right to remove, edit or otherwise alter content that it deems inappropriate for any reason.

3. You understand and agree that the site is to be used only for non-commercial purposes.

   This site prohibits any actions to solicit funds, promote commercial entities or otherwise engage in commercial activity through the comment function.

4. Links to Other Blogs, websites and/or Materials.

   Links may appear on the site that may be used to link to other blog(s) or websites. These links are provided solely as a courtesy to our visitors. Okanagan Cycling Guide has no control over the linked sites or the materials, information, goods or services available or contained on these linked sites. Okanagan Cycling Guide is not responsible for and does not endorse or warrant in any way any materials, information, goods or services available through such linked sites or any privacy or other practices of such sites. If you decide to access any of the linked sites, you do so entirely at your own risk. Okanagan Cycling Guide reserves the right to terminate any link at any time.

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   (a) Okanagan Cycling Guide expressly disclaims all liability for any viruses or other contamination of your computer system or other device used to access this site as a result of your use of this site, and expressly disclaims all liability for actions taken or not taken based on any or all of the contents of this site. THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, SECURITY, ACCURACY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, Okanagan Cycling Guide MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT ACCESS TO OR OPERATION OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.

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