Lundbom Lake Trails & Equine Campsite Located in the Thompson Okanagan

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Lundbom Lake Trails & Equine Campsite

Horse Camping Site
Lundbom Lake is a beautiful, large remote recreation lake nestled in the back country desert hills located east of the community of Merritt. The Lundbom campsite was built by multiple Chapters of Back Country Horsemen in partnership with Recreation Sites and Trails BC. This camp is so popular, in 2015 BCHBC added more corrals to a total of 28! This is a Recreation Sites & Trails campground and is a first come first served. There is an extensive mapped trail network through the surrounding rangeland.
Merritt, Quilchena
80+ kms
1 hr - 5 hrs
50.073812
-120.621701
Lake
Lundbom Lake
As of April 2015, there are 28 corrals available. Marquart is the first site in, 2 1/2 km, then Lundbom is one more km past that, at 3 1/2 km mile marker. Camping fee is $15/night and $2/horse. CASH only. Max 14 night stay. No electric fencing or highlining allowed. Camping is first come first serve.
The wilderness campground on the shores of Lundbom Lake is one of the larger recreation campsites in the region and one of the most popular. It is often packed to overflowing on weekends and usually full during the week. There are picnic tables and fire pits, but not at every site in the horse camp. Many sites have beautiful lake views. Horses are not allowed in the general campsite area. There is a designated location at the lake to water horses, please follow signs. There is a camp host there from May through to Thanksgiving (around the middle of October). The surrounding trails, built and maintained by local mountain-bike riders, range from easy to difficult. They’re well-marked, and it’s easy to find your way back to camp. (Note: Make sure your horse is used to cows, which run loose in the area.) Surrounding Lundbom Lake are thousands of acres of crown-owned rangeland/grassland, primarily used by local ranches for grazing. Spectacular views abound, with many small lakes, and both open and timbered areas. In June, the hills are covered in wildflowers. The climate is dry and summers are usually warm, however late fall can be cool. The Lundbom Lake area is one of the most awesome places to ride as it is simply beautiful and a place that all horse people are sure to adore. Its proximity to the Lower Mainland makes it very popular for horse enthusiasts.
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From Merritt, BC travel east on Hwy 5A /97C to Lundbom Lake Road. Watch for highway signs pointing to the lake. Turn onto the Lundbom Lake gravel road and continue driving to the lake for 20- 30 minutes.

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Linda B

Corral Update posted on: 05 / 03 / 2026

April 2026, multiple BCHBC Chapters completed an upgrade to the footing in all the corrals. Please pick up your manure and hay in order to keep these corrals in good shape for everyone to enjoy.

Bonnie Hull

Lundbom recent stay posted on: 06 / 30 / 2022

Lundbom never fails to make me happy! I love the open grasslands, so does my horse! We were there in early June which wad still rainy and some thunderstorms etc., I guess that kept a lot of people away, it was very quiet. So glad we were able to get off the Island to enjoy a variety of Horse Camps🐎

Sharon Pickthorne

Avenza trail map posted on: 09 / 25 / 2020

Sept 2020 used the great Avenza map on my phone. It worked wonderfully. Note that the orange trail that goes down into the private property to the south is closed off at the Private Property - owner has dug out a ditch. Don't worry though - just keep following the trail ahead and the quads have re-routed. Hopefully someone can GPS this whole trail and submit through this website and we (HCBC) will amend the map.

Rachel

Riding at Lundbom posted on: 07 / 21 / 2013

I have only been to Lundbom in the off season, therefore cannot address the campsite questions, but this is a fantastic place to ride. The directions provided here got us to the campsite perfectly. From the corrals, you can go basically any direction to ride, although for the first time it can be a bit confusing as it seems there are so many options. There are several roads that cut through the area, which are good to follow at first, but then you can also dive off onto cattle trails all over the place. You can easily make a fun loop connecting some of these roads and trails. Since most of the area is open, you can usually always see which direction you need to go in order to go toward or away from the lake and campsites. You cannot ride through the lakeside non-horse campsites, but you can ride on the road around them, and follow this as it connects to other roads. There are some roads that are not passable because of cattle guards, but most have wire fence gates just beside them to cross (you just have to get off to open/close them). There are several small lakes in the area as you explore, but be advised not to try to enter them as they have soft edges and horses can sink in the sand. Enter Lundbom Lake itself with the horses only at the boat launch, which is gravel. Be prepared to see lots of things, including cattle, ATVs, and bears. The footing is good for those on sound horses wanting to go fast, or even those on the semi-retired that may just want to walk. If you stay on the grass/dirt trails a barefoot horse could do just fine. The roads are gravel. This is a great day ride or stay for a few days--there are absolutely endless places to ride.

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