Spray lake

[kinwahkly]

Any access to Spray lake?

[Kokanee9]

My understanding is no. I would expect the canmore access to be the first to open.

[JReed]

Anybody attempt to head up to Spray this weekend with the reopening of highway 1?

[jacenbeers]

I am interested too. I want to head up to Chester Lake next weekend and catch some cutties and maybe a dolly or two.

[Flieguy]

Even if Hwy 1 is open, the road up to spray lakes received heavy damage, including many washouts.

In my opinion it'll be a while before it's fixed as it's not really a priority

[tam474]

I have heard chester lake no longer exists. The heavy rain combine with snow melt washed it away

[Ray]

I have heard chester lake no longer exists. The heavy rain combine with snow melt washed it away

Please let this not be true

[Kokanee9]

I have heard chester lake no longer exists. The heavy rain combine with snow melt washed it away

I find it hard to believe that a natural lake which has existed for several thousand years would be washed away by a rainstorm and snow melt.

Perhaps who ever told you that is trying to divert people away from the lake?

[RRED88]

Probaly a month or longer before they open Spray lake road, it was washed out in many many places.

[jacenbeers]

I have heard chester lake no longer exists. The heavy rain combine with snow melt washed it away

I would have to disagree with this. There is no way a lake like that could be washed away unless the entire mountainside collapsed in on it. It is fairly deep on one side and it isn't a dam holding the water back. I agree that the outlet creek is probably very different as a result of the increased flow and the banks might be different because of erosion but if anything, it will mean exploring different parts of the lake.

[Heavy K]

I have heard chester lake no longer exists. The heavy rain combine with snow melt washed it away

Dunno 'bout the lake, but the parking lot was annihilated.

HK