page_title: Lightning Lake
section_title: Hiking
hierarchical_section_title: Lightning Lake / Recreation / Hiking
caption_attribution_description: English: Rainbow Bridge, Lightning Lake, Manning Park resort, BC.
context_page_description: Lightning Lake is a lake located in E. C. Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. The lake is freshwater and is located within the Similkameen-Okanagan forest district. The lake is unusual as it drains in two directions, into Flash Lake in the south and the Similkameen River to the north. The current lake is not a naturally occurring lake, as at the north end, near the day-use area, there is an earthen dam. The lake is very shallow and near the end of the summer season, the narrows under the Rainbow Bridge are either very shallow or dry.
context_section_description: The lake is skirted by a 9 km level-grade hiking-only trail, which can be halved by taking the Rainbow Bridge at the narrows of the lake. The day-use parking area serves also as a parking area for the Windy Joe, Mount Frosty, and Lightning Lakes Chain hike.
caption: Rainbow Bridge, crossing the narrows of the lake.
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