Rampart Lake

MU 8-6, Okanagan
49.6647° N, 120.4931° 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: 15ha
Maximum depth: 16m; 52 ft
Elevation: 1,351m
Campsites: 7; At Rampart Lake rec site

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

Trophy fish at Rampart Lake

Rampart Lake is known for trophy Rainbow trout to 4 lb.

Rainbow trout to 4 lb

Trophy sizes this lake is known for, not a typical catch. They are historical records from our own big fish list, with no date on file, not recent catches.

Rampart Lake at a glance

Region: Okanagan
Management unit: MU 8-6
Species: Rainbow TroutThe newest of these fish records is from 2026.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size: Small Water (< 50 ha)
Coordinates: 49.664738, -120.493068

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Fish on record at Rampart Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1966	2026	111

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

Rampart Lake fishing regulations

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

Getting to Rampart Lake

8.2 km of traced road to the campground by way of Dillard Creek FSR. The road at the end is a loose surface. It stops 370 m short of the campground.

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: 49.664738, -120.493068

Camping and rec sites at Rampart Lake

Rampart Lake
Campsites
7 designated
To the shore
24 m

Access: Drive 9 Km northeast of Princeton on the Princeton-Summerland Hwy # 40 then turn left off the highway onto Hembre Mnt near where the old railway crosses the road. This road turns into the Jura Road. Drive to the 13.5 Km mark, then turn left and drive 2 km staying to the left. Entrance on the right just before the creek into Rampart Lake. Caution: some industrial traffic is likely to be encountered along the mainline.
Coordinates: 49.663494, -120.491489
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

Depth chart for Rampart Lake

16 mdeepest

Rampart Lake runs to 16 m (52 ft) at its deepest.

The Province sounded Rampart Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1978.

Depth chart (PDF)

The ice year at Rampart Lake, modelled

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

In the model Rampart Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 28 October and 7 November, and ice-off between 13 May and 2 June. The median winter freezes on 2 November and opens on 22 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.

We have no ice fishing regulation on file for Rampart Lake either way. Check the current BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis before you plan a trip.

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.

Rampart Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Rampart Lake is 1.1 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

+1.1 Csince the 1960s
5.6 Caverage year now
4.5 Caverage year then
-16 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Rampart 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 Rampart 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
Wed 21 Oct	Overcast	15° / 3°	12 km/h, gusts 21	dry	Steady
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	12° / 0°	18 km/h, gusts 38	dry	Steady
Fri 23 Oct	Overcast	6° / -3°	18 km/h, gusts 59	dry	Rising (+13.7 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Moderate snow	5° / -3°	6 km/h, gusts 19	3 mm	Falling (-1.3 hPa)
Sun 25 Oct	Moderate snow	7° / -2°	4 km/h, gusts 15	2 mm	Steady
Mon 26 Oct	Overcast	9° / -3°	5 km/h, gusts 13	dry	Falling (-5.1 hPa)
Tue 27 Oct	Overcast	8° / -2°	9 km/h, gusts 41	dry	Rising (+2.0 hPa)

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Rampart Lake, in brief

What fish are in Rampart Lake?

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

How big is Rampart Lake?

Rampart Lake covers about 15 ha, by the province's Freshwater Atlas.

Which management unit is Rampart Lake in?

Rampart Lake is in MU 8-6, in the Okanagan. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

Trout lakes near Rampart Lake

Butler Lake 5 km away
Stringer Lake 6 km away
Allison Lake 8 km away
Dry Lake 9 km away
Loosemore Lake 13 km away

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