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Beautiful Crystal Lake has much to offer visitors. Crystal Lake gets very little rainfall; all through August this area sees the most rain, and June is the month with the least moisture. This lake is so wonderful. Crystal Lake is fine enough to spend more than a day at, Ridgeway is a fine local campground, and if you're here why not explore Albany Gulch. This lake is so wonderful. Lake Emma is a nearby lake that you could explore, and there's always Full Moon
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For the period of the warm days of summer at Crystal Lake temperatures are generally in the 70's, and all through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. For the duration of the winter highs are in the 30's, and through the dark hours in the winter at Crystal Lake temperatures plunge to the 10's. This place, Crystal Lake, it absolutely has so much outdoors enjoyable stuff. Gotta ski! Kendall Mountain | |
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is a magnificent spot to do that, and Mineral Creek - South has a good whitewater paddling spot nearby. While you're here at Crystal Lake, you could also stop by picturesque Lake Como. There's so much to do here at Crystal Lake that
you need to camp here for a while, Ouray Koa Kampground is a fine place for that.
If the weather is great here at Crystal Lake, you can go for a hike along the Greyhound Pack Trail, and paddling on Lime Creek is so much fun. There
is a glorious hiking trail near Crystal Lake called the Weehawken Pack Trail, and after a long day outdoors St.Elmo Hotel is a fine spot to spend a night or two. Best Western Twin Peaks Motel is a fine site to get some rest, and from
Crystal Lake you get a pleasant panorama of Abrams Mountain.
If you're here at Crystal Lake, you could check out Climax Creek. Yeah, come here to Crystal Lake for a pleasant time. The Bear Creek Trail is a splendid hiking trail
near Crystal Lake; a cool spot to explore is Mother Cline Slide. A trip to Half Moon Basin invigorates the spirit; the slopes of Silverton are so inviting noone can resist.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.95972
Longitude: -107.6625
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Silverton, Colorado, 8 miles away
3000 vertical feet |
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Telluride, Colorado, 13 miles away
3530 vertical feet |
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Mineral Creek - South, -blank- CountyCounty, 9 miles away
Class V+ - 0.5 miles long (Above South Mineral Camp Ground) |
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Lime Creek, -blank- CountyCounty, 15 miles away
Class V+ - 3 miles long (1st Gorge) |
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Animas River, San Juan/ La Plata CountyCounty, 17 miles away
Class IV-V - 24.2 miles long (Silverton to Tacoma) |
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Lake Como, San Juan CountyCounty, 3 miles away |
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Lake Emma, San Juan CountyCounty, 5 miles away |
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