Trapp Lake is a long narrow lake right on Highway 5A.   It is surrounded by hills and rangelands, though there is some Crown land too.   It is not known as a fishing lake, nor does it see much recreational use.   There is a good hand launch spot for paddlers a short distance off the highway (at N50 27.931 W120 16.246).

We can go around the lake in either direction, but it will depend on the wind.   On this day early in the morning the lake was calm and the reflections off the hills were displayed in the lake’s surface.

It was almost a shame to paddle since the movement of the boat sent ripples into the reflections.

The grasslands stretch up the hillsides in both directions.

The water quality of the lake is not the best and there can be an algae bloom on the lake mid-summer, but in fall it is a quiet, cool, muddy lake down in the bottom of the valley.

Paddling down one shore to the end and back up the other in a long loop is a 10.4 km paddle.   The highway traffic is the drawback, but on a weekday morning the number of vehicles was comparatively low and I just tuned out the noise.   In its own unique way, Trapp Lake is another beautiful spot in our area.

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