Crowsnest Pass area

[Rabdo]

hey guys, i'm heading down to the pass with my wife for 5 days next week. gonna be doing some fishing and quadding. any suggestions on some spots/sights i should check out while i'm down there? any can't miss scenic lakes or stretches of river/creek? doesn't matter if the fishing is hot in the area, just want to check out the area. i'll be doing some exploring and report back to you guys haha

also, is there any campsites for tenting that also have showers? it'd be nice, cause i'm probably gonna end up getting muddy quadding lol

thanks

[dvers749]

lost lemon campground, showers, pool, hot tub, town nearby for bars and food. also cheap to stay at, if you can get a spot

[brobinson]

you could also just head into the blairmore pool to shower, thats what we end up doing every year.

[howlin]

go s of coleman (thru bushtown) and go quading up to the plane crash .its andy good peak i believe.

[Rabdo]

thanks for the suggestions guys, i'll be headin out there monday! gonna be a good trip

[Rabdo]

here's some pic's from the trip down to the pass. beautiful area and i can't wait to go back and explore some more next summer. we ended up staying at chinook lake, once we seen how beautiful the campsite and lake was, we didn't care that there was no shower facility there.
there is a fish farm on the road into the lake too. we toured that one day
also went to the frank slide interpretative centre, checked out some mines, the old famous burmis tree, explored along the historic crownest routes, rode the quads, fished. and there's still a lot more to do n see
caught a couple rainbows, but nothing of any size. 10" fish

i never seen windmills to this extent before, but it made for some neat scenery
http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/Rabdo91/ee3cd06f.jpg

view of the valley
http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/Rabdo91/e0b1f3c4.jpg

the road into chinook lake. we were able to get a campsite right on the lake
http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/Rabdo91/504da6f6.jpg

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/Rabdo91/e43b337c.jpg

just an amazing lake to be on, so peaceful.
http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/Rabdo91/3ef631e6.jpg

[Rabdo]

frank slide, deadliest landslide in canadian history
http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/Rabdo91/66d3ad19.jpg

burmis tree, 700 year old limber pine
http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/Rabdo91/84b4bcef.jpg

airplane crash near the top of a mountain you can ride your quad in to
http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/Rabdo91/c9071acc.jpg

cool vintage pepsi ad on the historic route through the pass
http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/Rabdo91/66d2534b.jpg

all in all, i'd encourage anyone to go check out this very neat area in alberta
cheers

[AlbertaAngler]

Cool. Looks like an awesome trip.

[BDAJ]

Rabdo, how was the fishing at Chinook? I had a blast at Beaver Mines all weekend. Largest Rainbow pulled out was 17.5" on Sunday evening.

[Rabdo]

it was ok, i was using a fly rod and only landed a couple rainbow. but everyone fishing from shore was using powerbait or corn and they were catching a bunch of little guys.

[bubba 96]

Did ya make it up to hidden lake.....

[Rabdo]

no i didn't. the day we were going to quad that way, my quad died lol lucky me

[Flyfisher87]

Was there many people camped at Chinook?

[Rabdo]

Nope. But i was there Mon,tues,wed,thurs night. when we left on Friday, the camp was starting to fill up
Locals told us almost no one is there in September