Bear Lake, Sawatch Range, Chaffee County, Colorado

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     You'll discover a pretty lake called Lake Claire near Bear Lake; there's good hiking along the Texas Creek Trail. This lake is so wonderful. Really great skiing awaits you at Monarch, and dry warm beds await you at Best Western Vista Inn. You truly have to go for Bear Lake. The neighborhood where Bear Lake is, is dominated by the Collegiate Peaks.
If you want a great time in the great outdoors just come on up to the Sawatch Range. If you came for an overnight
 
   stay Hughes Meadow Campground is a glorious location to camp, and Birthday Peak is a peak you can catch a sight of from Bear Lake. Skiing at Ski Cooper is one of those things you just must do, and a pleasant visit to Horn Fork Basin is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. Yep, outdoors cool stuff to do are really bountiful here at Bear Lake. Colt Spring Campground is a magnificent campground nearby, and get drenched paddling on Clear Creek.
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               enjoyable stuff truly is plentiful here in the Sawatch Range. Good hiking is available along the South Pine Creek Trail, and lakes are such peaceful places, why not stop by Lake Rebecca. If you need a location to stay Super 8 Buena Vista is a tremendous choice; get yourself into a kayak and hit Arkansas River. This lake is so wonderful. Go for a hike on the Horn Fork Trail, and of course Horn Fork Creek flows through this area.
Bear Lake gets very little precipitation; the month of August is the wettest with most of the rain, and October meanwhile is the driest month. Bear Lake is a beautiful lake in the Sawatch Range. For the duration of the warm months at Bear Lake temperatures are ordinarily in the 70's. Once the sun is down it falls down to the 30's. Highs through the wintertime are typically in the 20's with temperatures at Bear Lake dipping down into the-10's through winter nights.

 
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Current weather conditions at Bear Lake, Sawatch Range, Chaffee County, Colorado
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Local climate location: SUGARLOAF RESERVOIR 14 miles away


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Latitude: 38.90556
Longitude: -106.3197

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These outdoors activities are available near Bear Lake.
 Hotels Near Bear Lake:
Best Western Vista Inn, Buena Vista, 13 miles away
Super 8 Buena Vista, Buena Vista, 14 miles away
Super 8 Motel - Leadville, Leadville, 18 miles away
Delaware Hotel, Leadville, 19 miles away
Silver King Inn, Leadville, 19 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Bear Lake:
Hughes Meadow Campground, Chaffee County, 5 miles away
Colt Spring Campground, Chaffee County, 8 miles away
Crazyhorse Camping Resort, Buena Vista, 10 miles away
Arkansas River Rim Campground, Buena Vista, 10 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Bear Lake:
Ski Cooper, Colorado, 17 miles away
      1200 vertical feet
Monarch, Colorado, 21 miles away
      1171 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Bear Lake:
Clear Creek, Chaffee CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class V - 3.3 miles long (to Arkansas River)
Arkansas River, Chaffee CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class III - 7 miles long (Railroad Bridge Launch to Buena Vista)
Arkansas River, Lake/ Chaffee CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class I-II - 18 miles long (Leadville to Granite)
 National Parks Near Bear Lake:
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park, Gunnison - CO, 32 miles away
Curecanti National Recreation Area, Gunnison - CO, 32 miles away
 Trails Near Bear Lake:
Horn Fork Trail, Chaffee County, 1 miles away
South Pine Creek Trail, Chaffee County, 2 miles away
Texas Creek Trail, Chaffee County, 3 miles away
 Lakes Near Bear Lake:
Lake Rebecca, Chaffee CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Lake Claire, Gunnison CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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