Frater Lake Sno-Park

Frater Lake Sno-park is located in the Inland Northeast/Southeast region. This Sno-park features 10 miles of groomed trails for cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and more.
  • Trail Length: 10 miles
  • Elevation: 3,180 feet

Good to knows

Restrooms
Warming Hut

See Sno-Park rules

Land Manager

Three Rivers Ranger District
(509) 738-6111

Law Enforcement

Pend Oreille Sheriff's Office
(509) 447-3151

Directions & Maps

East of Colville. Highway 20 east to Frater Lake trailhead.

Parking

15 spaces

48.65444838, -117.4850394

Non-motorized grooming

Non-motorized grooming reports

Grooming reports are provided on our website as they are given to us.
They don't represent the most accurate current conditions.

2/5/25: About 2” fresh snow packed with set tracks on coyote, frater, and Leo loop. Trail conditions on coyote have greatly improved with more snow.

2/3/25: 4+ inches of fresh snow was packed with set tracks on Leo and Frater loops. Temps in the mid 20s with light snow falling most of the day

1/31/25: 7+ inches of fresh snow and still falling. Frater and leo loops were packed with set tracks ( will likely fill in quickly). One pass was completed on coyote. All this fresh snow greatly improved the trail.

1/27/25: Long and short loops North and South are reconditioned with set tracks

1/24/25: Beautiful cold day today. North and south loops were groomed with set tracks. coyote loop was groomed without.

1/21/25: Long and short loops of Frater and Leo were reconditioned with set tracks today, high teens all day with sun. Great skiing conditions

1/13/25: All loops were groomed today. Coyote still has some issues with rocks and ruts. Lions tail is still quite soft with more packing planned soon. All other loops are in great condition with tracks set.

1/8/25: Long and short loops were groomed with ski tracks on North and South side. Logout was completed on Lions tail with full grooming to come soon.

1/7/25: Coyote loop was packed today, exposed rocks and ruts persist. Short loop of North side was groomed with set tracks, set tracks remain on all other loops.

1/6/25: Great ski conditions this morning 25 degrees and sunshine on several inches of fresh snow. Short and long loop on North and South side groomed with tracks set.

1/3/25: Today frater and Leo loops were groomed with set tracks. One inch had accumulated overnight and it was snowing heavily at 1:30pm.

1/2/25: Short and long loop on North side groomed with tracks set. Coyote loop packed, expect exposed rocks and uneven base, especially near coyote rock. South side was packed. Fresh snow was falling all afternoon.

12/17/24: Today was the first Groom at Frater Lake! North loops were groomed today. Lots of fresh snow falling on about 6 inches average of existing snow. Today’s efforts were focused on getting a flat base for coming accumulation and improving blue diamond trail markers.  Coyote loop has lots of exposed boulders and dramatic terrain variations, might be best to snowshoe that loop until we get considerably more snow.

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