Trout Lake is an old mining town nestled in the heart of the Selkirk Mountains.

Once populated by 1000 souls on a quest to strike gold. Now hosts 40 permanent residents. The mining roads built back in the day now provide access into the Alpine and we’d heard of a Lake comparable in beauty to Gold itself.

We met up with Trout Lake Locals Ryan and Frank. Ryan being a mountain guide and Frank being more of a storyteller. Ryan was a little sceptical of the capabilities of our bikes, but thought we might be able to get to the lake and was up for having a shot at it.

“It is so dead silent and quiet here. That you hear the leaves falling. You try to explain to a person and they’ll never understand, until you experience it.” – Frank Local Legend

“This is all basically an old mining area. They started back in the late 1870’s 1880’s. People use to just live up here, in these areas we are at. This is pretty tough living up here.

A lot of people gave their lives to work up here and a lot of people made money and a lot of people didn’t. At least they got to look at this everyday. That’s all I care about.” – Ryan Trout Lake Local Legend

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