Caribou Lakes
Kootenays
49.5770° N, 116.0300° W
- Surface area
- 51.6ha
- Elevation
- 1,742m
Open Caribou Lakes in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Caribou Lakes at a glance
- Region
- Kootenays
- Species
- Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout
- Lake size
- Medium Lake (50 - 500 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 49.577, -116.03
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How to fish Caribou Lakes
Best times of year at Caribou Lakes
- May - June
- September - October
Caribou Lakes fishing regulations
We have no lake specific regulations on file for Caribou Lakes yet.
Getting to Caribou Lakes
30.8 km of traced road to the shore by way of St. Mary's River FSR, Lake Front Rd and St. Mary Lake Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface.
Coordinates: 49.577, -116.03
The ice year at Caribou Lakes, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Caribou Lakes froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 19 October and 29 October, and ice-off between 27 May and 13 June. The median winter freezes on 24 October and opens on 4 June.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 28 October 2024 to 25 May 2025, 209 days.
Caribou Lakes is open to ice fishing under the regulations on file.
Whether a lake is open to ice fishing says nothing about whether its ice will hold you. Ice conditions vary year to year and across a single lake. Check locally before going out, every time.
Caribou Lakes climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Caribou Lakes is 0.9 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.9 Csince the 1960s
- -2.1 Caverage year now
- -3.0 Caverage year then
- -8 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Caribou Lakes
The forecast on this lake's own coordinate, refreshed through the day. The app reads these seven days for fishing and scores each one.
| Day | Sky | High / low | Wind | Rain | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct | Partly cloudy | 8° / -1° | 10 km/h | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 4° | 15 km/h, gusts 29 | dry | Falling (-4.1 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Overcast | 11° / 1° | 11 km/h, gusts 17 | dry | Falling (-5.0 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Slight rain | 7° / 0° | 10 km/h | 8 mm | Rising (+3.8 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 6° / -3° | 10 km/h | dry | Rising (+11.9 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Moderate snow | 0° / -7° | 8 km/h | 4 mm | Rising (+6.2 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Clear sky | 1° / -9° | 8 km/h | dry | Rising (+2.4 hPa) |
Trout lakes near Caribou Lakes
- St. Mary Lake 13 km away
- New Lake 15 km away
- Palmer Bar Lake 16 km away
- Jim Smith Lake 17 km away
- Idlewild Lake 23 km away
All 162 lakes in the Kootenays, with today's conditions on each.