Glacier Lakes, San Juan Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado

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    If you like lakes and you're in this part of Colorado you can check out Glacier Lakes. Glacier Lakes is located in the San Juan Mountains. A pretty lake like Beaver Lakes in close proximity to Glacier Lakes is a tremendous site to stop at, and paddling on Rio Brazos is so much fun. Through the warm months at Glacier Lakes temperatures are typically in the 60's. Throughout the dark hours of summer temperatures drop down into the 40's. Throughout the winter this  
   place gets highs in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Glacier Lakes are in the 0's.
After a long day outdoors Best Western Jicarilla Inn is a fine place to spend a night or two. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Glacier Lakes has to offer, you can camp at Trujillo Meadows Campground. No way I can stop, cause I'm havin' a magnificent time here at Glacier Lakes. Don't leave Glacier Lakes without first going for a hike along the La Manga Stock
 
               Driveway. And that's not all the things you can do here in the San Juan Mountains. Glacier Lakes is a wonderful spot to camp, El Vado Lake Camping Resort is a wonderful spot, and pleasant hiking is available along the Red Lake Trail.
This lake is so wonderful. Rio Chama has a brilliant whitewater paddling spot close by, and there's pleasant hiking along the Elk Creek Trail. Glacier Lakes generally gets a great deal of rainfall; through March this area sees the most snow, and June is when it's the driest.

 
Best Western Jicarilla Inn, Dulce
34 miles away
Pronounced Hick-ah-REE-ya, the Best Western Jicarilla Inn and Casino is located on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, surrounded by fabulous scenery, streams, mountains...

Best Value High Country Lodge, Pagosa Springs
36 miles away
We are a AAA rated 3 diamond, award winning property. We offer a delicious hot complimentary breakfast featuring fresh self-serve Belgian waffles served everyday and biscuits and gravy on Saturday and...

Current weather conditions at Glacier Lakes, San Juan Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado
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Local climate location: WOLF CREEK PASS 15 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.02083
Longitude: -106.5042

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These outdoors activities are available near Glacier Lakes.
 Hotels Near Glacier Lakes:
Best Western Jicarilla Inn, Dulce, 34 miles away
Best Value High Country Lodge, Pagosa Springs, 36 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Pagosa Springs, Co, Pagosa Springs, 36 miles away
The Spruce Lodge, South Fork, 36 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn, South Fork, 37 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Glacier Lakes:
El Vado Lake Camping Resort, Tierra Amarilla, 3 miles away
Trujillo Meadows Campground, Conejos County, 4 miles away
Rio Chama RV Campground, Chama, 8 miles away
Spectacle Lake Campground, Conejos County, 9 miles away
 Whitewater Near Glacier Lakes:
Rio Chama, Rio Arriba CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class I-II - 15 miles long (Chama to Los Ojos)
Rio Brazos, Rio Arriba Co. CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class V+ - 14.5 miles long (above Corkins Lodge)
Conejos River, Conejos CountyCounty, 14 miles away
      Class II-IV - 6.4 miles long (Platoro Reservoir to South Fork Conejos)
 National Parks Near Glacier Lakes:
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Mosca - CO, 66 miles away
Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos - NM, 66 miles away
 Trails Near Glacier Lakes:
La Manga Stock Driveway, Conejos County, 5 miles away
Red Lake Trail, Conejos County, 6 miles away
Elk Creek Trail, Conejos County, 7 miles away
 Lakes Near Glacier Lakes:
Beaver Lakes, Archuleta CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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