CampHostJobsMckean Lake Recreation Site
Near Slocan, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
No operator is listed in BC government records. The site may be maintained by a government contractor or by its users.
About Mckean Lake
A steep 4 km (one way) trail with an elevation gain of 600 Meters. The trail follows a nice creek with a series of waterfalls and leads you up to the McKean lakes. If you are feeling ambitious you can scramble up to the top of Wooden Peak. There is small trout in the lake.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- No numbered campsites listed
- Access
- Road: 4 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Slocan, British Columbia
- District
- Kootenay-Boundary (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1993
- Location
- 49.81563, -117.81632
- Site ID
- REC2429
Getting there
On Highway 6, near Passmore, look for the Provincial Park signs for "(Valhalla) Drinnon Pass Turn-off". Following these signs turn left onto "Upper Passmore Road". The first 3 km of this road are paved. At 3.7 km fork left onto the "Little Slocan Forest Service Road", a good 2 wheel drive gravel road. Continue on this road following the "Valhalla" signs. At 5.2 km fork right. At 6 km you will cross Airy Creek. At 9 km fork right. At 12.7 km you will cross Koch Creek. At 13.2 km, stop following the "Valhalla" signs and turn left onto the "Koch Creek Forest Service Road". Travel up Koch Creek for 31 KM, staying to the main road in the valley Bottom. At 31 Km there is a signed trail head.
Official page at Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Host jobs
Hosts at BC recreation sites are hired by the site operator. BC also recruits live-in fee-site operators by request for proposals on BC Bid.
Host jobs near Mckean Lake:
- Campground Host, Syringa Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 51 km away
- Campground Host, Kokanee Creek Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 55 km away
- Park Host, West Kootenay Provincial Parks (2027) RAP Park Contracting / Kootenay SW Parks (BC Parks operator), 55 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Taite Creek 20 km, 5 campsites
- Grizzly Creek 20 km, 2 campsites
- Little Slocan 21 km, 6 campsites
- Octopus Creek 23 km, 2 campsites
- Snowshoe Lake 28 km, 3 campsites
- Shannon Lake 32 km
Information from Recreation Sites and Trails BC open data (BC Data Catalogue, Open Government Licence – British Columbia), retrieved 2026-10-09. Conditions change: check the official page before you travel. CampHostJobs is not affiliated with the Government of British Columbia.