On a hot day at the end of June, I drove up to Lodgepole Lake and launched from the Rec Site.    Lodgepole Lake is a small, mostly shallow lake in the high country above Stake Lake at 1408 m (4620 ft).

I paddled around the lake twice and then hiked around the lake, finishing before 10 in the morning.

I only paddle this small lake when it is very hot, very windy, or very smoky, but it is a nice paddle nonetheless.

The trail around the lake is a nice one and on this day there were a number of wildflowers to enjoy.

• Around Lodgepole Lake (on A Wildflower Journal)
• Lodgepole Lake Loops (on Kamloops Trails)

Access – Turn onto the Chuwhels Mountain Road/Lodgepole Lake Road across from Stake Lake.   Continue up the good gravel road for 2.5 km to the Lodgepole Lake Recreation Site.