On a summer morning I drove up the bumpy Harper Lake Road to a small Rec Site on the northeast corner of the lake. It was a weekend and the Rec Site was full so I parked off the road and hand launched my kayak into the lake. Harper Lake is located in the hills to the southwest of Chase. Take the Chase Creek Road … Continue reading →
With many windy days, paddlers sometimes need to venture in a direction of less wind. As a general rule, it is better to avoid paddling larger lakes in the wind, but the forecasts predicted less wind to the east so the decision was to drive to Chase and launch the kayak at the boat launch below the bridge over the South Thompson River mouth and … Continue reading →
On an August day I drove east toward Chase and just after the Neskonlith IR, I turned south onto the Harper Lake Forest Service Road. The road becomes rougher, then at about 6 km from the highway, there is a small Rec Site, with seven primitive campsites and a small boat launch. The plan was to kayak the lake twice (6 km), once in each … Continue reading →
