In mid-September, we overnighted in Rocky Mountain House. With a free evening on our hands, we headed to Crimson Lake Provincial Park (about 10km NW of town) to try out Twin Lakes. Twin Lakes is small lake (maybe 800m by 400m), really more of a fishing pond, but quite lovely.
There are a couple of access options. Almost as soon as you turn into the lake, there is a small parking area on the west end with a path that leads down to a dock. There is an easy shore launch here but the stairs down were uneven.
We opted to drive around to the east side of the lake (3 minutes?) and use the hand launch, which I think is the nicer option.
You can drop beside the lake and then go park about 20m away. You can launch off the sandy/gravel shore or you can use the proper kayak launch on the dock. There are pit toilets here as well as picnic tables and fire rings.
We did two leisurely laps over the course of an hour.
The water was very clear and clean.
There are a couple of places you can get out on the south and west shores.
There were lots of fish jumping and a loon was fishing.
The water was very calm and the reflections as the sun started to set were great.
There is a second smaller lake to the southeast. There is a narrow channel that appears to connect to it on the air photos. The channel was only slightly wider than my boat and, after about 20m, it started to twist such that I couldn't get my 10-foot boat through it. A shorter boat or higher water might be required.
Overall, this was one of the nicest paddles of the summer and you could easily do Twin Lakes and nearby Crimson Lake in a single day.
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