Crystal Lakes, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Rio Grande County, Colorado

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     All the outdoors entertaining stuff next to Crystal Lakes will keep you coming back many times. If you need a location to stay Allington Inn and Suites is a good choice, and you can go for a hike on the Wolf Creek Stock Driveway. High temperatures at Crystal Lakes during the long summer days are in the 60's, and the overnight is rather cooler of course, regularly in the 40's. Throughout the wintertime the highs are commonly in the 30's while the cold winter  
   nights at Crystal Lakes are in the 0's. So much cool stuff in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains, just phenomenal. You'll find a beautiful lake called Kreps Lake near Crystal Lakes, and going for a hike on the San Juan Stock Driveway is always a brilliant adventure.
This lake is so wonderful. Get your heart beating on the splendid whitewater of Rio Grande, and Crystal Lakes is nice enough to spend more than a day at, Cross Creek Campground is a nice local
 
               campground. This lake is one of the great places here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. And that's not everything you can do here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. There's so much to do here at Crystal Lakes that you need to camp here for a while, Stunner Campground is a splendid spot for that, and there's whitewater on Conejos River for all you adrenaline people.
This lake is so wonderful. At Crystal Lakes you can catch a glimpse of Hogback Mesa, and there is a great hiking trail close by called the Dry Creek Stock Driveway. Lakes are such peaceful locations, why not explore Summitville Tailings Pond right next door to Crystal Lakes, and after a long day outdoors The Spruce Lodge is a brilliant site to spend a night or two.
Crystal Lakes generally gets lots of precipitation; through the month of March you get the most snow around here, and the driest month is June.

 
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Allington Inn and Suites, South Fork
11 miles away
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Current weather conditions at Crystal Lakes, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Rio Grande County, Colorado
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Local climate location: WOLF CREEK PASS 13 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.47694
Longitude: -106.5875

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These outdoors activities are available near Crystal Lakes.
 Hotels Near Crystal Lakes:
The Spruce Lodge, South Fork, 11 miles away
Allington Inn and Suites, South Fork, 11 miles away
Best Western Movie Manor, Monte Vista, 28 miles away
Holiday Inn Express PAGOSA SPRINGS, Pagosa Springs, 30 miles away
Budget Host Monte Villa Inn Monte Vista, Monte Vista, 31 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Crystal Lakes:
Stunner Campground, Conejos County, 6 miles away
Cross Creek Campground, Rio Grande County, 7 miles away
Mix Lake Campground, Conejos County, 7 miles away
Upper Beaver Creek Campground, Rio Grande County, 9 miles away
 Whitewater Near Crystal Lakes:
Conejos River, Conejos CountyCounty, 14 miles away
      Class II-IV - 6.4 miles long (Platoro Reservoir to South Fork Conejos)
Rio Grande, Mineral/Rio Grande CountyCounty, 16 miles away
      Class II - 12 miles long (Wagon Wheel Gap to South Fork)
 National Parks Near Crystal Lakes:
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park, Gunnison - CO, 53 miles away
Curecanti National Recreation Area, Gunnison - CO, 53 miles away
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Mosca - CO, 62 miles away
 Trails Near Crystal Lakes:
Dry Creek Stock Driveway, Rio Grande County, 7 miles away
San Juan Stock Driveway, Conejos County, 8 miles away
Wolf Creek Stock Driveway, Rio Grande County, 8 miles away
 Lakes Near Crystal Lakes:
Summitville Tailings Pond, Rio Grande CountyCounty, 3 miles away
Kreps Lake, Rio Grande CountyCounty, 3 miles away

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Stunner Campground
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Bear Lake Trail
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Bear Lake was surely a disappointment! I'd heard it had good fishing, but after puffing up a long, steep, and confusing trail (we lost our way more than once, delaying our arrival about an hour) we found the lake nearly dry; muddy, and infested with mosquitoes! Next time I'll save myself the bother and fish the Conejos. ...

Ruybalid Trail
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Opal Lake
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I was raised near this lake and when a child we had to pack horses into this lake. It is not near any campgrounds, and it's over 25 miles to town, not 18. It gets way colder than 0 in the winter but the views are almost correct.  It IS beautiful!...

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