Phillipps Lake
Kootenays
49.6419° N, 114.6619° W
- Surface area
- 2ha
- Elevation
- 1,554m
Open Phillipps Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Phillipps Lake at a glance
- Region
- Kootenays
- Species
- Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Bull Trout
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 49.6419, -114.6619
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How to fish Phillipps Lake
Best times of year at Phillipps Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Phillipps Lake fishing regulations
Trout daily quota = 2. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Phillipps Lake
20.0 km of traced road to the shore by way of unsigned. The road at the end is a loose surface. It stops 100 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 49.6419, -114.6619
The ice year at Phillipps Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Phillipps Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 22 October and 5 November, and ice-off between 21 May and 4 June. The median winter freezes on 28 October and opens on 30 May.
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 20 May 2025, 204 days.
Phillipps Lake 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.
Phillipps Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Phillipps Lake is 0.5 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.5 Csince the 1960s
- -1.4 Caverage year now
- -1.9 Caverage year then
- -1 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Phillipps 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 | 10° / 0° | 10 km/h, gusts 29 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Partly cloudy | 13° / -1° | 16 km/h, gusts 63 | dry | Falling (-3.5 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 1° | 13 km/h, gusts 36 | dry | Falling (-5.1 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Heavy rain | 6° / -4° | 9 km/h, gusts 45 | 4 mm | Rising (+1.5 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 6° / -4° | 9 km/h, gusts 36 | dry | Rising (+14.3 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Slight snow | 2° / -5° | 11 km/h, gusts 50 | 1 mm | Rising (+8.0 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 3° / -6° | 6 km/h, gusts 36 | dry | Steady |
Trout lakes near Phillipps Lake
- Hartley Lake 29 km away
- Sand Lake 52 km away
- Tie Lake 54 km away
- Summer Lake 55 km away
- North Star Lake 55 km away
All 162 lakes in the Kootenays, with today's conditions on each.