Hikes around Kootenay Lake

This site tracks 6 named trails around the lake, read from BC Parks, an RDCK regional-trail page, or a trail society’s own site. 4 of them state a distance from their own source and have a full page on this site; the rest are listed here with whatever their own source states.

The 4 full trail pages: Pulpit Rock, Cody Caves access trail, Kokanee Creek Park trails and Gibson Lake to Kokanee Lake.

• Pulpit Rock — Nelson

  3.76 km, 342 m gain, Easy. Managed by RDCK (Pulpit Rock Access Regional Trail) / Friends of Pulpit Rock.

  See its full trail page for the sourced description, trailhead location and season.

• Kokanee Creek Park trails — Harrop

  9.5 km, 0.5-1, Easy. Managed by BC Parks.

  See its full trail page for the sourced description, trailhead location and season.

• Gibson Lake to Kokanee Lake — Harrop

  4.5 km, 445 m gain, 2, Moderate. Managed by BC Parks.

  See its full trail page for the sourced description, trailhead location and season.

• Cody Caves access trail — Ainsworth Hot Springs

  0.8 km, 20 minutes (one way). Managed by BC Parks (access trail); Cody Cave Tours (guided cave entry).

  See its full trail page for the sourced description, trailhead location and season.

• Kaslo River Trail — Kaslo

  No distance or gain stated. Managed by Kaslo Outdoor Recreation and Trails Society (KORTS).

  A trail along the banks of the Kaslo River near downtown Kaslo, opened in 2008 and built and maintained by what is now the Kaslo Outdoor Recreation and Trails Society (formerly the Kaslo Trailblazers). A wheelchair-friendly 1.2 km section runs along the north side of the river and a 1.4 km hiking section along the south side, linked by a covered pedestrian bridge with views over the river.

  Source: kortsbc.blogspot.com/p/our-trails.html. Verified 2026-09-22.

• Pilot Bay lighthouse walk — Crawford Bay

  Easy. Managed by BC Parks.

  An easy, user-maintained walk within Pilot Bay Park to the historic Pilot Bay lighthouse, restored by volunteers. BC Parks gives no distance or elevation figure for the walk and notes there is no potable water in the park.

  Source: bcparks.ca/pilot-bay-park. Verified 2026-09-22.

4 of the 6 trails this site tracks sit inside a BC Park, so their season and advisory status come from the same live BC Parks feed the park pages on this site read.

• Cody Caves access trail: no campfire ban for Cody Caves Park right now, read 5 min ago, with 2 posted advisories.
• Kokanee Creek Park trails: no campfire ban for Kokanee Creek Park right now, read 5 min ago, with 4 posted advisories.
• Gibson Lake to Kokanee Lake: no campfire ban for Kokanee Glacier Park right now, read 5 min ago, with 2 posted advisories.
• Pilot Bay lighthouse walk: no campfire ban for Pilot Bay Park right now, read 5 min ago, with 3 posted advisories.

Pulpit Rock and Kaslo River Trail are not inside a BC Park, so this site has no live conditions feed for them — check each one’s own manager, linked in its entry above.