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Mirror Lake → Balfour, Kootenay Lake downwind route

British Columbia, Canada · 49.7550, -116.9300

SUP Foiling Community route — rough midpoint and lau
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conditions & access

Water

Large cold inland lake downwind

Experience

Community route — rough midpoint and launches need verification

Hazards

Cold large-lake route with only one upload and a rough midpoint. Confirm the correct Mirror Lake shoreline, both legal entries, weather exposure, boat traffic and cold-water recovery.

“Public leaderboard records a completed SUP-foil run on the named Kootenay Lake route. Pin is a rough route midpoint, not a launch; Mirror Lake here is the Kootenay community south of Kaslo, not the similarly named Metro Vancouver lake. Requested-field batch 04 verified 2026-08-01: guide/resource labels and hazards use cited row evidence; exact, nearby and route-endpoint relationships are explicit; unresolved fields remain Unknown.”

— via Downwind leaderboard — uploaded SUP-foil route; Requested-field research, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com COFFEE CREEK BC CN (2.98 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): COFFEE CREEK BC CN (2.98 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/189907 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Mirror Lake → Balfour, Kootenay Lake downwind route Nearby coordinate-centered Surfline map (not an exact spot report): https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams-map/%4049.75500%2C-116.93000% surfline.com

Local guides

race.downwind.app Mirror Lake → Balfour, Kootenay Lake downwind route Exact public Mirror Lake–Balfour SUP-foil course record; one upload and the pin is only a rough Kootenay Lake midpoint — https://race.downwind.app/run race.downwind.app

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