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If you are traveling by, why not stop by Electra Lake. This lake is located in the wonderful San Juan Mountains. And that's not all you can do here at Electra Lake. Kendall Mountain has tremendous slopes and a friendly staff, and Electra Lake is right by the Goodhope Stock Driveway.
You just can't envision the amount of outdoors amusing things the area close to Electra Lake has to offer. Not far from Electra Lake, you'll find Forebay Lake which is a stunning
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| | lake, and hiking is a popular thing to do around Electra Lake; Highline Trail is a tremendous local trail. At Electra Lake during the summer months highs are in the 70's. Throughout the moonlight hours it's regularly in the 30's. All through the winter highs are commonly in the 30's, and nighttime lows during the wintertime for Electra Lake tend to be in the 0's. This lake is so wonderful. There's whitewater on Canyon Creek for all you adrenaline people, and | |
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dry warm beds await you at Cascade Village.
So many fun things to do in the San Juan Mountains, not enough time. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Electra Lake has to offer, you can camp at Haviland Lake Campground,
and you might also want to pay a visit to Nary Draw while you're here at Electra Lake. Whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then we recommend Animas River; if you need a location to stay Needles Townhome is
a great choice. This lake is so wonderful. People from Durango love to come to Electra Lake; nice skiing awaits you at Silverton.
Elbert Creek is a stream that you may encounter while you're here. There's so much to do here at
Electra Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Purgatory Campground is a good place for that. The annual precipitation here at Electra Lake is about average; the month of August is the wettest with most of the rain, and June
on the other hand is the driest. There's no way somebody can get bored here in the San Juan Mountains. There's some attention-grabbing stuff to see at Terminal Dam right next door to Electra Lake; why not take a refreshing hike along the Circle Trail.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.54556
Longitude: -107.805
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Silverton, Colorado, 18 miles away
3000 vertical feet |
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Telluride, Colorado, 21 miles away
3530 vertical feet |
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Animas River, San Juan/ La Plata CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Class IV-V - 2.6 miles long (Tacoma to Rockwood Rail Yard) |
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Canyon Creek, La Plata CountyCounty, 3 miles away
Class V+ - 3 miles long (to Animas River) |
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Hermosa Creek, La Plata CountyCounty, 5 miles away
Class IV-V - 24 miles long (Hermosa Park to US 550) |
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3 miles away
