Chute Lake

Chute Lake

Chute Lake Resort Lodge

Want to make a Phone Call Anyone? Inside the Lodge.

Going down to the Lake from the Lodge

Yesterday the clouds cleared and the rain stopped so Hanne decided we should go to Chute Lake. We have never been there before, and once we had got over complaining about the road ( rock strewn, wash-boardy, deeply rutted, muddy, narrow, steep, and twisty, with precipitous edges) were pleasantly surprised. There is a small lake full of trout, a forty- year old log resort, well supplied with coffee and muffins and apple pie, full of pioneer collections from the early days, of signs, old pictures, irons, and outside, old farm gear. It sits alongside the Kettle Valley Railway Trail, which is heavily used by cyclists, often from Germany, as well as four wheel ATVs and dirt motor bikes, so that's where they can make an overnight stay and re-supply. It is booked up from July to the end of October, and is run by an (employed) retired German Couple 24/7; the owners Mr and Mrs Reed are now almost eighty and are hanging in there, but only just. Chute Lake is about 32Km from Penticton, and can be reached by a similar rough road from Kelowna, 19Km away. It is about 4000 ft above sea level.
There have been serious forest fires in the vicinity, the big one was 2003, but they were not involving the Lodge fortunately. You can see some dead trees across the lake....