Pennask Lake Park is about 50 kilometres northwest of Peachland, accessed from the Coquihalla Connector, Highway 97C. BC Parks warns that the last road section is rough and not suited for most recreational vehicles.
The high lake sits at about 1,450 metres and provides rainbow trout eggs for much of the provincial stocking program in the south-central interior.
Pennask Lake is a remote-feeling fishing and paddling park for visitors prepared for difficult access. The user-maintained campsite is reached by 19 kilometres of forest service roads that are not maintained like paved public roads.
The last seven kilometres are very rough, require four-wheel drive and high clearance, and can take most vehicles 35 to 45 minutes. Early in the season or after heavy rain, road puddles may be long and nearly one metre deep. The lake's fishery produces three to five million native rainbow trout eggs annually and roughly 40 percent of provincial hatchery needs.
The park was established January 23, 1975.
Camp at the user-maintained site, swim without lifeguards, canoe or kayak while watching wind, fish for rainbow trout with a licence, cycle on roadways, and study wet spruce forest, open spruce-pine benches, shrubs, and nearby esker landforms.
There is no drinking water because the hand pump is out of commission. There are no public cabins in the park. Use high-clearance four-wheel drive, travel at your own risk, shelter in bays during wind storms, leash pets, and keep bikes and e-bikes off trails.
