From trailhead at Smethurst Road parking lot on the KVR, proceed north along the railbed about 2.5 km. until you cross the deep fill at Robinson Creek. Turn up the trail along the creek. Follow it up along the creek and turn sharply at the end of the fence. About 50 meters on, the trail is vague, but turns south, then east, along an old cut road, becoming well-defined along the fence. This trail breaks out onto the gas-line right-of-way where the creek flows through a culvert.

Just before the pipeline service track, turn north and follow an old needle covered roadbed up hill roughly parallel to the power line. (A tough slog on a bike!) Eventually that road will become steep and rejoin the service track below a tower. Cross northeast to enter a flatter track along the pipeline. Stay left at the Y-fork. In a short distance you will climb sharply up a knoll. Just over the crest of the knoll, a clear trail exits left (west) and crosses the power line before descending into pleasant woodlands. Enjoy. At the rock ovens sign, you will find a pond below the drop-off on trail right. The last steep descent after passing the pond and rock ovens brings you back to the KVR just south of the Little Tunnel. Visit the tunnel, or return to trailhead.

The Tote Road, of which Horseshoe Trail is a part, traverses the whole area north of Naramata Canyon, at one time joining the many construction camps of the railroaders. As many as 2000 men worked at the cuts, fills, tunnels and bridges between Penticton and Chute Lake. Barrie Sanford’s excellent book, McCullough’s Wonder, is a useful resource about KVR construction. Naramata Woodwackers, committed volunteers, has rediscovered these historic trails, marking them and clearing them after storms.