CampHostJobsPanther Lake Recreation Site
Near Salmo, 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 Panther Lake
Distance: 3.9 km
Hiking time: 2 hour one way
Elevation gain: 335 m (1100 feet)
Description: The trail into Panther Lake has been worn deep by the miners and pack animals who used this route in the early 1900's to access the Bayonne and Sunshine Mines. Now, anglers keep the tread open as they climb the steep trail to Panther Lake, where they share the fishing with osprey. At the far end of Panther Lake, a terminal moraine creates a peninsula that is perfect to cast from. There is a good trail around the lake.
Hikers and history buffs can still find traces of the original trail that the old miners used as they led their pack animals over the pass at the end of Panther Lake. Listen for whistling marmots as you work your way up these passes. Ridge walkers will enjoy the Three Sisters Peaks.
Set at the foot of the Three Sisters Peaks, Panther Lake, with rock slides to it's shores and sub-alpine forests surrounding it, is truly beautiful. There are no facilities at the lake, but campers have cleared 2 small tent sites, one at each end of the lake.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- No numbered campsites listed
- Access
- Road: 4 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Salmo, British Columbia
- District
- Kootenay-Boundary (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1992
- Location
- 49.16407, -117.05324
- Site ID
- REC2254
Activities
Getting there
From the junction of Highway 3B and 3/6 in Salmo, travel south on Highway 6 towards Creston for 7.2 km. Turn left onto "Airport Road", opposite the Kootenay Stone Centre. Travel 2.3 km north, crossing over the Sheep Creek bridge. Turn right onto "Sheep Creek Road". This road is paved for the first half kilometre, then turns into good 2 wheel drive gravel road. There are many roads branching off the Sheep Creek Road, choose the most travelled route that follows along the valley bottom, on the left side of the creek. (Most junctions will have a sign directing you up the Sheep Creek Road). Stay left at 6.5 km. Left again at Sheep-Waldie FSR (11 km). Left at 14 km and start climbing away from creek, 4x4 from here on. Turn right at bridge (15km) and take the next right in ~1 km at small logging spur rd. Trailhead begins at the end of the logging block.
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 Panther Lake:
- Campground Host, Champion Lakes Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 41 km away
- Campground Host, Kokanee Creek Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 49 km away
- Park Host, West Kootenay Provincial Parks (2027) RAP Park Contracting / Kootenay SW Parks (BC Parks operator), 49 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Curtis Lake 4 km
- Char Creek 10 km
- Char Cabin 12 km
- RIPPLE / LIGHTNING CABINS 14 km
- Boundary Lake 21 km, 11 campsites
- Next Creek Beach 26 km, 4 campsites
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.