Medicine Bow - Routt National Forests
Thunder Basin National Grassland

Please contact the local Ranger District for the most current information on trail conditions.

Ranger Districts

Trail Name

Trail #

Length (miles)

Difficulty

Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District, Encampment and Saratoga Wyoming

Baby Lakes

859

4.67

M

X

X

X

X

Big Creek

471

4.95

M

X

X

X

X

X

Bottle Creek

433

8.3

D

X

X

X

X

Brush Creek

233

10.0

D

X

X

X

X

Campbell Lake

211

3.10

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

CDNST:Peak/Deep Jack

412

11.70

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CDNST:Deep Jack/Red Mountain

412

9.40

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CDNST:Red Mountain/Pipeline

412

12.00

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

CDNST:Pipeline/Wy/Co State line

412

7.50

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Crater Lake

105

2.00

D

X

X

X

Deep Lake

110

1.77

M

X

X

X

Dipper Lake

294

3.40

D

X

X

X

East Fork

472

7.27

M

X

X

X

X

X

ElkHorn Stock Driveway

862

2.80

E

X

X

X

X

X

Encampment River

470

15.00

M

X

X

X

X

French Creek Canyon

298

5.33

M

X

X

X

X

Green Mountain

479

5.33

M

X

X

X

X

X

Green Mountain Falls

478

1.70

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

Harden

213

1.90

M

X

X

X

X

X

Heart Lake

101

.30

M

X

X

X

X

X

Hog Park Creek

475

1.03

E

X

X

X

X

X

Horse Loop

206

1.65

M

X

X

X

Lake Marie Falls

290

.24

E

X

X

Lakes

296

1.77

E

X

X

X

X

Lookout Mountain

107

1.00

M

X

X

Meadow Falls

297

2.80

M

X

Medicine Bow Peak

295

5.33

D

X

X

X

Miner's Cabin

201

.70

E

X

X

X

Mullison

212

1.90

M

X

X

X

X

X

Pennock Mountain

218

8.00

D

X

X

Platte River

473

7.64

M

X

X

X

X

X

Purgatory Gulch

477

.50

D

X

X

X

X

X

Quealy Lake

102

4.10

M

X

X

X

X

X

Ralph Hesson Fishing Pier

202

.02

E

X

X

X

Roaring Fork

860

7.85

M

X

X

X

Rock Creek

106

11.14

M

X

X

X

X

X

Sheep Lake

389

7.8

M

X

X

X

X

Shelf Lake

109

1.10

M

X

X

Silver Lake

291

1.72

M

X

X

X

Stud Creek

104

1.0

M

X

X

X

Stump Hollow

214.02

1.90

M

X

X

X

X

X

Tie Hack

208

4.03

M

X

X

X

Tipple

293

4.00

M

X

X

X

Vagner Lake

103

.50

M

X

X

X

Verde Mine

858

4.61

M

X

X

Ranger Districts

Trail Name

Trail #

Length (miles)

Difficulty

Douglas Ranger District, Douglas Wyoming

Black Mountain Lookout

683

1.8

D

X

X

X

Curtis Gulch

639

4.1

M

X

X

X

X

Deer Creek

659

2.5

M

X

X

X

Friend Park

609

4.0

M

X

X

X

Harris Park Trail

616

2.8

M

X

X

X

North Laramie River Trail

625

2.5

M

X

X

LaBonte

624

3.7

M

X

X

X

X

Laramie Peak

602

5.0

D

X

X

X

X

Roaring Forks

623

3.5

D

X

X

X

Salt Lick Trail

606

4.4

M

X

X

Sunset Ridge

680

1.6

D

X

X

X

X

Twin Peaks

618

2.5

M

X

X

X

Ranger Districts

Trail Name

Trail #

Length (miles)

Difficulty

HahnsPeak/Bears Ears Ranger District, Steamboat Springs Colorado

Bears Ears

1144

44.0

M

X

X

X

Big Creek Lake

1184

1.7

D

X

X

Burton Creek

1192

2.9

M

X

X

X

Coulton

1188

6.5

D

X

X

X

Crags

1182

1.8

D

X

X

Ellis

1155

8.3

D

X

X

X

X

X

Farwell Mountain

1203

4.2

D

X

X

X

X

Fish Creek

1102

7.6

M

X

X

X

Gilpin Lake

1161

6.1

M

X

X

Gold Creek Lake

1150

7.5

M

X

X

Hahns Peak

1158

1.4

D

X

X

X

Hahns Peak Lake

1191

1.

E

X

X

X

Hare

1199

2.5

D

X

X

X

X

X

Hinman Creek

1177

6.1

M

X

X

X

Hot Springs

1169

3.0

M

X

X

X

Lost Lake

1133

20.0

E

X

X

X

Luna Lake

1168

9.2

D

X

X

Main Fork

1152

14.0

M

X

X

Manzanares

1204

6.6

M

X

X

Mica Basin

1162

2,5

D

X

X

Mountain View

1032

6.0

M

X

X

X

Nipple Peak

1147

10.2

D

X

X

X

X

North Fork Elkhead

1146

5.7

M

X

X

X

North Lake

1164

5.4

M

X

X

Oliver Creek

1147.1A

2.7

M

X

X

X

Prospector

1156

5.4

D

X

X

X

X

Rabbit Ears Peak

Forest Rd. 291

3.0

E

X

X

X

X

X

Red Dirt

1171

6.3

M

X

X

X

Saddle

1140

1.1

D

X

X

X

Sand Mountain

1175

1.0

M

X

X

X

Sawmill Creek

1145

3.6

M

X

X

X

Spring Creek

1160

3.6

M

X

X

X

Swamp Park

1100

22.4

M

X

X

Three Island Lake

1163

6.1

M

X

X

Wyoming Trail

1101

49.3

D

X

X

X

Ranger Districts

Trail Name

Trail #

Length (miles)

Difficulty

Laramie Ranger District, Laramie Wyoming

Aspen Loop

7

6.0

M

X

X

X

X

Barbar Lake Loop

Black Jack Loop

2

0.6

M

X

X

X

X

Camp Loop

7

Campground Loop

11

0.5

E

X

X

X

X

Centennial Loop

9

Chimney Park

522

5.50

E

X

X

X

X

X

X

Corner Mountain Loop

6

Cotton Wood Creek

502

2.00

D

X

X

X

X

Crow Creek Loop

12

3.6

M

X

X

X

X

Devils Gate

505

2.00

M

X

X

X

Douglas Creek

506

10.38

D

X

X

X

Gap Lake

108

2.30

M

X

X

X

Haunted Forest Trail

13

0.9

E

X

X

X

X

Headquarters Loop

9

4.5

D

X

X

X

X

Libby Creek Loop

1

Little Laramie

301

7.00

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lodge Pole Loop

3

Lost Glacier Lakes

395

1.80

M

X

X

Meadow Loop

3

0.5

E

X

X

X

X

Meadow Loop

4

Medicine Bow Peak

295

5.33

D

X

X

X

North Fork Loop

8

North Gap Lake

108

2.33

D

X

X

X

Platte River

473

7.64

M

X

X

X

X

X

Pole Mountain Loop

1

5.0

D

X

X

X

X

Ridge Loop

4

0.7

E

X

X

X

River Loop

5

Savage Run

501

9.00

M

X

X

X

Savage Run Extension

501-A

12.00

M

X

X

X

Sheep Lake

389

7.76

D

X

X

X

X

X

Sheep Mountain

386

13.10

D

X

X

X

Sheep Mountain West

386W

1.5

D

X

X

X

Snowshoe Trail

14

1.1

M

X

X

X

X

Summit Loop

8

4.8

D

X

X

X

X

Tie City/Happy Jack

794

14.00

M

X

X

X

X

X

Turtle Rock

793

3.00

E

X

X

X

X

Upper UW Loop

6

0.9

E

X

X

X

X

UW Loop

5

1.3

E

X

X

X

X

Ranger Districts

Trail Name

Trail #

Length (miles)

Difficulty

Parks Ranger District, Walden and Kremmling Colorado

Arapaho Creek

1187

3.7

M

X

X

X

X

Arapaho Ridge

1135

10.1

M

X

X

X

X

Bear Creek

1180

4

M

X

X

X

Bear Draw OHV Loop

1212

8.9

M

X

X

X

X

X

Bear Lakes

1159

1.1

E

X

X

X

Beaver Creek

1124

5.5

M

X

X

X

Big Creek (Red Elephant Trail)

1125

2.5

M

X

X

X

X

Big Creek Lakes Loop

1125A

2.3

M

X

X

X

X

Big Horn Lake

1040

1.3

M

X

X

X

X

Bill Miller

53

1.9

M

X

X

X

X

Blue Lake

1178

2

M

X

X

X

Bowen Pass

1136

0.7

M

X

X

Buffalo Creek

51

4.9

M

X

X

X

Buffalo Ridge

1151

8.1

M

X

X

X

Camp Creek Loop

1213

1.9

E

X

X

X

Camp Spur

1207

0.9

E

X

X

X

Core

1202

1.7

E

X

X

X

X

Elk Mountain

27

7.1

M

X

X

X

X

Frying Pan Basin

1127

6.9

D

X

Gem Lake

1152.2A

1.1

M

X

X

X

Grimes Peak

58

3.5

M

X

X

X

Grizzly Helena - Grizzly TH to Pitchpine TH

1126

8.0

E

X

X

X

X

X

X

Grizzly Helena - Pitchpine TH to Lone Pine TH

1126

7.0

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

Grizzly Helena - Lone Pine TH to Helena TH

1126

15.0

E

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Hay Park

60

3.9

M

X

X

X

Hay Stack

55

5.8

D

X

X

X

X

Illinois Pass

25

6.3

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

Jack Creek

1143

1.8

M

X

X

X

Jack Park

1186

1.9

E

X

X

X

X

Lake Katherine

1157

0.9

E

X

X

X

Lake Percy

1134

2.8

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lone Pine

1129

4

M

X

X

X

Lost Ranger

1131

6.1

D

X

X

Middle Fork Troublesome

57

5.7

M

X

X

X

Main Fork

1152

12.2

E

X

X

X

X

Manzanares

1204

2.1

M

X

X

X

Manzanares cut off

1204.2A

1.5

M

X

X

X

Never Summer - Silver Creek TH to Seven Utes Mtn

1141

1.25

D

X

X

X

Never Summer - Silver Creek TH to Baker Pass

1141

5.0

D

X

X

X

Never Summer - Illinois River to Farview Mtn

1141

2.5

M-D

X

X

X

Newcomb Creek

1132

6.8

M

X

X

X

X

Paradise Creek

54

2.5

M

X

X

X

Peeler

1202.1D

0.4

M

X

X

X

X

Pinkham Mountain Loop

1214

4.9

D

X

X

X

X

Quarter

1202.1B

0.6

M

X

X

X

X

Rainbow Lakes

1130

8.8

M

X

X

X

X

Roxy Ann Lake

1179

1.7

D

X

X

X

Seven Lakes

1125

6.1

D

X

X

Siebert Creek

59

1.1

M

X

X

X

Slide Trail

1130.2A

0.3

M

X

X

X

South Fork Michigan River

1138

5.3

M

X

X

X

X

Stem

1202.1A

0.1

M

X

X

X

X

Thunder Pass

1208

0.8

M

X

X

Trail Creek

1154

1.6

M

X

X

Trail Creek

199

0.7

M

X

X

X

X

Troublesome

56

13.5

M

X

X

X

Troublesome cut off

52

1.1

M

X

X

X

Twin Lakes

1148

1.8

M

X

X

X

UTE Pass Trail

1128

3.7

M

X

X

X

West Fork

1153

8.1

E

X

X

X

X

Wheatly Creek

91

7.9

M

X

X

X

X

Ranger Districts

Trail Name

Trail #

Length (miles)

Difficulty

Yampa Ranger District, Yampa Colorado

Allen Basin

1181

0.9

E

X

X

X

X

X

X

Aspen Flats Loop

1.5

E

X

X

Baldy

1200

7.0

M

X

X

Bear River

1120

3.3

E

X

X

X

X

Berry Lake

1196

3.0

M

X

X

Black Mountain Creek

1117

5.9

E

X

X

Bunker Basin

1109

3.0

M

X

X

X

X

Chapman cut off

1

M

X

Cherry Creek

1037

2.8

M

X

X

Circle Park

5.6

M

X

Corral Creek

1114

5.8

M

X

X

Crosho Lake

3.4

D

X

Cyclone

1112

9.0

E

X

X

X

X

Cyclone Park

1038

1.7

M

X

X

Dunckley Over Look

1215

0.4

E

X

X

X

Dunckley Pass Road

8.3

D

X

X

East Fork

1119

15.7

M

X

X

X

X

Elk Draw

1209

5.4

M

X

X

Farnham

22.4

M

X

Gardner

1107

0.3

E

X

X

X

X

Gill Reservoir

1104

2.0

M

X

X

X

Gore Creek

250

13.1

M

X

X

Indian Run

1210

5.3

D

X

X

Little Flattop Road

4.5

D

X

Lost Lakes

1116

6.4

E

X

X

X

Mandall Lakes

1121

5.1

M

X

X

X

X

Middle Pine

1196.1A

3.4

M

X

X

Morrison Divide

1174

13.3

M

X

X

X

X

X

North Derby

1122

2.2

M

X

X

X

North Duckley

1139

3.1

M

X

X

Old West Fish Creek

1111

8.9

M

X

X

X

Rock Creek

106

14.1

M

X

X

X

X

X

Routt Divide

1108

7.1

M

X

X

X

Salt Creek

1114.1A

5.5

M

X

X

Sand Creek

1123

9.7

M

X

X

X

Sarvis Creek

1105

12.2

M

X

X

X

Sawtooth

1165

1.8

M

X

X

Shoe and Stocking

8.5

M

X

Silver Creek

1106

10.7

M

X

X

X

Smith Lake

1194

0.8

M

X

X

X

X

South Fork

1113

4.3

M

X

X

Spronks Creek

2.1

M

X

Stensby

1193

4.9

M

X

X

Tepee

1173

4.4

M

X

X

X

X

The Long Run

8.0

D

X

Transfer

1172

1.8

E

X

X

X

UTE

1110

6.5

M

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

West Fish Creek

1098

8.0

E

X

X

X

X

X

West Lost Lakes

1103

1.5

M

X

X

X

Wildcat Alley

3.6

E

X

Wilson Mesa

1115

3.5

E

X

X

Windy Point

1195

4.5

M

X

X

Ranger Districts

Trail Name

Trail #

Length (miles)

Difficulty

Key to Trail Difficulty Level
E-(Easy)
M-(Moderate)
D-(Difficult)

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