iN PHOTOS: Winter wonderland on the way to Okanagan, Kamloops

Ready or not, the winter season is coming to Kamloops and the Okanagan with snow already falling and accumulating at higher elevations, and while that can spell trouble on our main highway routes, the white stuff does make for beautiful photographs. Over the weekend, some Thompson-Okanagan region residents explored the backcountry and local mountain lakes where they captured the first fallen snow in the region, while a few hundred metres of elevation lower the valley bottoms were warm and lit up with golden leaves. One of the photographers, Vernon's Kuang Myat, captured the transition from winter wonderland to autumn leaves on Silver Star Road in Vernon on Nov. 3. READ MORE: Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops  https://infotel.ca/inwine/popular-spots-to-enjoy-ramen-in-okanagan-kamloops/it106984 We’d love to see your frosty winter photographs, send them to news@infonews.ca. mailto:news@infonews.ca   To contact a reporter for this story, email Shannon Ainslie mailto:sainslie@infonews.ca  or call 250-819-6089 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .