East Pit Lake

In mid-August, we took a second trip out to East Pit Lake, just north of Wabamun on a Sunday evening. The parking lot (which is small) was nearly full but it was entirely with people fishing on the edge.

We humped the boats up to the crest of the hill and then all the way down. About 1000 feet from the parking lot and maybe 150 feet of vertical gain and loss.

The entry was clean and the lake was deserted and calm. Being down in a valley seems to negate most of the wind.

The lake is very much a prairie lake (hasn't been enough time since the area was strip-mined for the aspen to grown back). The water was super clean.

We saw some geese, a beaver, an osprey fishing, and some angry loons. Lots of fish jumping.

The picture below is the hill you have to climb back up at the end! We did two laps in about 90 ninety minutes at a very leisurely pace, including a trip up the little reach on the south side of the lake.

Overall, a neat change of pace from the usual lakes.