BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia
Idleback Lake
BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia, Canada
- Sites
- 21
- Hookups
- 21 no hookups
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 4,767 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Nearest town
- Penticton
- Activities
- Angling, Camping
About
This site has a large canopy of larch and is stunning in the fall when the larch changes colour. It has a cartop boat launch and this lake's rainbow trout quota is 1, bait ban, electric motors only and ice fishing is not allowed.
Idleback Lake Recreation Site has a posted rule that parties (and their units) MUST vacate the recreation site for 14 days prior to returning under Section 20(3) of the Forest Recreation Regulation. Limit of stay continues to be congruent with the existing 14 day maximum stay in any recreation site.
Road access. User-maintained site with no regular servicing. Facilities on file: boat launch, toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, dock. First come, first served.
Getting there: From Penticton, Carmi Road, take Ellis FSR 13.5 km to the 201 FSR. Turn left onto the 201, and drive 6.5 km and turn left into Idleback Recreation Site. From Hwy 33, turn south on the 201 FSR and drive south 36.2 km to the Recreation Site.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 19° | -15° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 29° | 16° | -20° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 36° | 22° | 5° | 57° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 40° | 27° | 14° | 61° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 53° | 36° | 26° | 75° | 7 of 11 |
| June | 61° | 41° | 30° | 76° | 2 of 11 |
| July | 72° | 50° | 40° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 72° | 52° | 40° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 61° | 43° | 33° | 79° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 46° | 33° | 26° | 67° | 8 of 10 |
| November | 35° | 25° | 13° | 48° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 31° | 21° | -8° | 40° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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