Lundbom Lake

One of our favor rides is in Merritt B.C. known for their huge Country Music Festival in July of every year. http://www.mountainfest.com/ (Merritt Mountain Music Festival). Merritt is a small cow town 3 hours from Vancouver B.C. the campsite we go to is at a forest campsite located minutes from the city of Merritt called Lundbom Grasslands. The campsite is located on a lake called Lundbom there are 6 or 7 wood corral and many campsites with good fire pits, picnic tables and gravel pads for both horse trailer and truck. The campsite is only $10 Canadian a day.

Directions:

On Highway 97c going out of Merritt. The Lundbom Lake turnoff is 5km past the tourist info center towards Kelowna. It is on the left hand side sign says Lundbom. Once on the Lundbom lake road drive 5km to the first and only left hand turn cross over the cattle guard to the right at Lundbom Lake and corrals and campsites are right there.

Our Campsite under the trees – Photo by Kelly Allen

Campsite over looking Lundbom Lake – Photo by Kelly Allen

Corrals at Lundbom Lake campsite – Photo by Kelly Allen

Overview of the campsite.

The dogs love the ride too. Lilly American Bulldog the photographer Lori Larson’s dog, Sammy our Jack Russel and Sidney our Aussie. Horses Zanda with Kelly, Sienna with Ron and Lucky and Sharon a good friend. Her dog buster is in the picture but too small to spot. He is a miny poodle.

The campsite is open year round but the weather gets cold after the 15^th of October. Merritt is a very dry area almost desert like dry hot summers but cold snowy winters so the best time to travel would be after May 15^th until mid October. The Lake is located on a Forest site in the middle of hundreds of miles of grasslands used by the cattle ranchers to graze their cattle. There are many trails to follow through the grasslands. The view points are beautiful of the lakes from some of the high pikes.

Picture taken of both our Paint mares over looking lakes the far lake is Lundbom. Photo by Kelly Allen

The trails are well used and very easy to find. This is a favorite place for the Mountain Bike set. They have named and marked a lot of the trails. The Coco Bonk trail is a favor of both the horsy set and Mountain bikers. In the spring there are fields of beautiful wild flowers. After the end of May there are cattle all though the area. So make sure your horses are use to cows.