Cup Lake

MU 8-12, Okanagan
49.5819° N, 118.8825° W

WaterTraced road inRoadRough surface roadRec siteShoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, roads from the BC Digital Road Atlas, under the Open Government Licence, British Columbia. Rec site position from BC Recreation Sites and Trails, checked 11 September 2026. The lake's depth is not drawn on this map.

Surface area: 8.9ha
Maximum depth: 13.4m; 44 ft
Elevation: 1,296m
Campsites: 2; At Cup Lake rec site

Open Cup Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.

Cup Lake at a glance

Region: Okanagan
Management unit: MU 8-12
Species: Rainbow TroutThe newest of these fish records is from 2025.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size: Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing: No ice fishing closure on file
Coordinates: 49.5819, -118.8825

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Fish on record at Cup Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1971	2025	56

A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.

How to fish Cup Lake

Best times of year at Cup Lake

May - June
September - October

Cup Lake fishing regulations

We have no lake specific regulations on file for Cup Lake yet.

Getting to Cup Lake

A small BCFS campsite with a cartop boat launch is present at the lake.

25.5 km of traced road to the campground by way of Lassie Lake FSR, Trapping Creek FSR, Trapping Creek Bridge, Trapping Creek FSR Bridge and West Kettle River Bridge. The road at the end is a rough surface.

The route traced over the BC Digital Road Atlas. A trace is a line on a map, not a report on the road: check conditions before you drive it.

Coordinates: 49.5819, -118.8825

Camping and rec sites at Cup Lake

Cup Lake
Campsites
2 designated
To the shore
15 m

Access: This site can be reached from at least two directions: from the north via Trapping Creek Forest Service Road (FSR); from the east via Main Kettle River -State FSR. From the junction of Highways 3 and 33 in Rock Creek, turn north onto Highway 33. Follow this road for 13.7 km to the junction with the Main Kettle River Road. Turn right onto this road and proceed for 45 km to the junction with the State FSR on the left. Turn left up this road, and follow it for 7.1 km to the junction with Beaverdell FSR. Stay right at this junction and continue another 3.5 km (total 10.6 km from Kettle) to the junction with Lassie FSR. Stay left at this junction and follow Lassie FSR approx 2.5 km to the access road into the campsite. Trapping Creek Access: Approx. 18 km north of Beaverdell or 29 km south of the Big White turnoff along Highway 33 turn east off of the highway onto the Trapping Creek Forest Service Road and follow it for 11.0 km. Turn right onto the Trapping Copperkettle FSR and follow for 3.5 km. Then right onto the Beaverdell Lassie Lake FSR and follow for 8.0 km to Lassie Lake and continue on for another 3.0 km to Cup Lake.
Coordinates: 49.583242, -118.884423
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

Depth chart for Cup Lake

13.4 mdeepest

Cup Lake runs to 13.4 m (44 ft) at its deepest.

The Province sounded Cup Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1971.

Depth chart (PDF)

The ice year at Cup Lake, modelled

Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.

In the model Cup Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 28 October and 8 November, and ice-off between 2 May and 15 May. The median winter freezes on 1 November and opens on 8 May.

the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 29 October 2024 to 2 May 2025, 185 days.

No ice fishing closure is recorded for Cup Lake, so the general regional regulations apply.

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.

Cup Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Cup Lake is 0.8 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

+0.8 Csince the 1960s
4.8 Caverage year now
4.0 Caverage year then
-4 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Cup Lakedegrees C, yearly mean

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Cup Lake

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	Clear sky	6° / -1°	4 km/h, gusts 16	dry	Steady
Wed 21 Oct	Partly cloudy	14° / -1°	9 km/h, gusts 23	dry	Falling (-4.0 hPa)
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	14° / -1°	16 km/h	dry	Falling (-3.4 hPa)
Fri 23 Oct	Partly cloudy	8° / -4°	14 km/h, gusts 56	dry	Rising (+9.4 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Overcast	7° / -4°	5 km/h, gusts 31	dry	Rising (+2.9 hPa)
Sun 25 Oct	Overcast	11° / 0°	6 km/h	dry	Rising (+2.4 hPa)
Mon 26 Oct	Mainly clear	11° / -2°	6 km/h, gusts 14	dry	Rising (+1.1 hPa)

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Cup Lake, in brief

What fish are in Cup Lake?

Rainbow Trout. Species from the province's fish observation records.

Which management unit is Cup Lake in?

Cup Lake is in MU 8-12, in the Okanagan. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

Trout lakes near Cup Lake

Maloney Lake 3 km away
State Lake 3 km away
Lassie Lake 3 km away
Clark Lake 4 km away
Joan Lake 5 km away

All 212 lakes in the Okanagan, with today's conditions on each.