Kinbasket Lake in the Columbia River Valley. The lake is formed by Mica Dam, , far to the north. The mountains to the west include the Adamant Range of the Selkirk Mountains. Photo credit to Paul Daniel. Here's another view of the lake and the mountains to the west.

Kinbasket Lake lies in the Rocky Mountain Trench, a linear system of valleys that extends for approximately 1600 km from northern Montana to the B.C.-Yukon border.