Empedrado Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Conejos County, Colorado

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     This lake is one of the great places here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. The high level of rainfall makes Empedrado Lake a reasonably wet place; March is when you get the most snow here, and June is the month with the least moisture. If you want a great time in the great outdoors, just come on down to Empedrado Lake. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Empedrado Lake has to offer, you can camp at Spectacle Lake Campground, and get your  
   pulse rate up on the delightful whitewater of Conejos River.
Whohoo, so many cool things in one place! The San Juan and Jemez Mountains rules! While you're here at Empedrado Lake you can take a hike along the Bear Lake Trail, and some nearby water includes South Fork Jim Creek. You're perhaps into lakes, Lost Lake is one of those close by, and you can stay the night at Conejos Campground. This lake is so wonderful. A fine site for whitewater paddling right
 
               next door to Empedrado Lake is Rio de los Pinos, and hiking along the Conejos Stock Driveway is great fun.
Summertime at Empedrado Lake comes with high temperatures in the 60's. Through the dark hours of summer temperatures dip down into the 40's. Throughout the winter highs are in the 30's with temperatures at Empedrado Lake dipping down into the 0's all through winter nights. Lakes are magnificent; Acascosa Lake is a lake that's close to Empedrado Lake, and you can have a great hiking adventure along the Hot Creek Stock Driveway. You just can't envision the amount of outdoors exciting stuff the San Juan and Jemez Mountains has to offer. After a long day outdoors Branding Iron Motel is a good spot to spend a night or two.

 
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Current weather conditions at Empedrado Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Conejos County, Colorado
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Local climate location: WOLF CREEK PASS 3 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.26389
Longitude: -106.425

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These outdoors activities are available near Empedrado Lake.
 Hotels Near Empedrado Lake:
Branding Iron Motel, Chama, 23 miles away
Best Western Movie Manor, Monte Vista, 24 miles away
Budget Host Monte Villa Inn Monte Vista, Monte Vista, 26 miles away
The Spruce Lodge, South Fork, 26 miles away
Allington Inn and Suites, South Fork, 27 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Empedrado Lake:
Conejos Campground, Conejos County, 5 miles away
Spectacle Lake Campground, Conejos County, 5 miles away
Alamosa Campground, Conejos County, 8 miles away
Mix Lake Campground, Conejos County, 9 miles away
 Whitewater Near Empedrado Lake:
Conejos River, Conejos CountyCounty, 3 miles away
      Class II-IV - 6.4 miles long (Platoro Reservoir to South Fork Conejos)
Rio de los Pinos, -blank- CountyCounty, 18 miles away
      Class V+ - 8.8 miles long (Osier Colorado to Campground Close to San Miguel New Mexico)
 National Parks Near Empedrado Lake:
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Mosca - CO, 54 miles away
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park, Gunnison - CO, 66 miles away
Curecanti National Recreation Area, Gunnison - CO, 66 miles away
 Trails Near Empedrado Lake:
Conejos Stock Driveway, Conejos County, 5 miles away
Hot Creek Stock Driveway, Conejos County, 5 miles away
Bear Lake Trail, Conejos County, 6 miles away
 Lakes Near Empedrado Lake:
Lost Lake, Conejos CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Acascosa Lake, Conejos CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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Bear Lake Trail
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. ...

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In the 16 years that I have lived in the area, there has never been white water ( for rafting, canoeing, kayaking etc. I presume) in the Brazos. I think you are referring to the Chama River which starts in the Colorado San Juans and flows through New Mexico into the Rio Grande in Espanola ,NM. Plenty of white water there in the spring time....You seem to have missed letting people know about the great trout fishing at Trujillo Meadows. I have never been there that I haven't hooked a big one....

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