Mirror Lake
MU 8-23, Okanagan
50.7064° N, 118.4019° W
- Surface area
- 16.1ha
- Maximum depth
- 16m
- 52 ft
- Elevation
- 1,947m
Mirror lake is located 5 km south of Kaslo just off of Highway 31. BC Adventure Network members serving this area: If you would like to have your business listed, please Click Here.
Open Mirror Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Mirror Lake at a glance
- Region
- Okanagan
- Management unit
- MU 8-23
- Species
- Smallmouth BassSpecies from angling reports and our own records.
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- No ice fishing closure on file
- Coordinates
- 50.7064, -118.4019
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How to fish Mirror Lake
Best times of year at Mirror Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Mirror Lake fishing regulations
We have no lake specific regulations on file for Mirror Lake yet.
Getting to Mirror Lake
111.6 km of traced road to the shore by way of Sugar-Tsuius FSR, Sugar Lake FSR, Mabel Lake FSR, Three Valley-Mabel FSR and Mabel Lake Rd. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 1280 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 50.7064, -118.4019
Depth chart for Mirror Lake
16 mdeepest
Mirror Lake runs to 16 m (52 ft) at its deepest.
The Province sounded Mirror Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1988.
The ice year at Mirror Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Mirror Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 6 October and 17 October, and ice-off between 18 June and 7 July. The median winter freezes on 12 October and opens on 25 June.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 21 October 2024 to 15 June 2025, 237 days.
No ice fishing closure is recorded for Mirror 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.
Mirror Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Mirror Lake is 0.7 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.7 Csince the 1960s
- 1.8 Caverage year now
- 1.2 Caverage year then
- -1 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Mirror 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° / -3° | 4 km/h | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Partly cloudy | 9° / -3° | 7 km/h, gusts 16 | dry | Falling (-5.7 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Partly cloudy | 8° / -1° | 8 km/h, gusts 15 | dry | Falling (-3.0 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Fog | 2° / -7° | 6 km/h, gusts 30 | dry | Rising (+9.8 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 0° / -7° | 3 km/h, gusts 13 | 1 mm | Rising (+3.9 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 3° / -8° | 4 km/h, gusts 18 | dry | Rising (+5.2 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Partly cloudy | 7° / -7° | 4 km/h | dry | Falling (-2.1 hPa) |
Mirror Lake, in brief
What fish are in Mirror Lake?
Smallmouth Bass. Species from angling reports and our own records.
Which management unit is Mirror Lake in?
Mirror Lake is in MU 8-23, in the Okanagan. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.
Trout lakes near Mirror Lake
- Two Moon Lake 8 km away
- Greenbush Lake 9 km away
- Kidney Lake 17 km away
- Wap Lake 20 km away
- Finlayson Lakes 21 km away
All 212 lakes in the Okanagan, with today's conditions on each.