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The top of Horse Mountain is easily seen from Porter Reservoir, and Barton Porter Reservoir is a nearby lake that you could take a look at. This lake is so wonderful. Very beautiful scenery and pleasant skiing is what you get at Sunlight Mountain, and there's good hiking along the Mansfield Ditch Trail. Porter Reservoir is frequently a rather waterless place; during the month of October you get the most rain around here, and February meanwhile is the driest
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| | month. You don’t have to go far from Porter Reservoir to catch a sight of the water at Barton Porter Dam; the Fayville Trail offers hiking at its best. Summer brings highs in the 80's to Porter Reservoir. Summer nighttime lows drop down to the 50's. All through the winter highs are in the 30's while Porter Reservoir night low temperatures throughout the wintertime are in the 0's. For you golfers we recommend close by Glenwood SPGS Golf Club; a lake nearby | |
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is Hughes Reservoir. A delightful nearby hotel is Clarion Collection Glenwood Suites. This lake is so wonderful. A tour to Porter Reservoir wouldn't be complete without taking a look at South Canyon Hot Springs; a magnificent
location to camp here at Porter Reservoir is Burning Mountain RV Park. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Porter Reservoir; Last Chance Trail is a pleasant local trail, and if you need a place to stay Quality Inn & Suites On The
River is a brilliant choice. But wait, there's more to do in the neighborhood of Porter Reservoir. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Colorado River, and camping at Ami's Acres Campgrounds is always a nice experience.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 39.52694 Longitude: -107.4294
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Colorado River, Garfield CountyCounty, 6 miles away Class IV-V(V+) - 3.8 miles long (Hanging Lake Exit 125 to Grizzly Creek) |
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Colorado River, garfield CountyCounty, 6 miles away Class III-IV - 2 miles long (Shoshone Power Plant Exit 123 to Grizzly Creek Exit 121) |
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Roaring Fork, Pitkin/Garfield CountyCounty, 8 miles away Class II+(III) - 6.2 miles long (Black Bridge to Veltus Park) |
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Colorado River
 | I had a blast on the river. The scenery was beautiful. The rapids were awesome and some would come over my head. It was a huge adreneline rush.... |
Sunlight Mountain
 | 3 PHOTOS Parker Hille 03-26-Powder... Chris Lyons 03-26-Powder... Danny Stewart 03-26-Powder... |
Adams Lake
 | 11 miles away 1 PHOTO located at the foot of Blair Mountain Adams Lake is well worth the trip. Definatly a 4 wheel drive Jeep Trail but only a few miles from Elk lakes, Jet lake, Shadow Lake, Blair lakes , Crater Lake, Deep lake and bison lake. Lots of Cut throat trout, rainbows and browns. Most deffinatly more than a one day trip. Always plan for all kinds of weather, and definitely tent camping only.... |
Elk Lakes
 | 12 miles away 1 PHOTO |
Jet Lake
 | 14 miles away 3 PHOTOS Jet lake is also located in the Flat Tops wilderness area so no vehicles allowed but is only about a 15 to 20 minute hike to the lake (an easy pretty flat hike) then about another 15 minute hike into shadow lake , about 15 mor into blair lake and about 15 more into crater lake. Elk lakes are located about 5 minutes from the wilderness area only 1/2 mile to the parking for jet lakes.... some colorado wild flowers... |
Blair Lake
 | 15 miles away 1 PHOTO |
Mansfield Ditch Trail
 | 16 miles away The north side of the mansfield trail is hikable and in decent shape,, the lower side below the clark trail cutoff is nearly overgrown and has no water sources... |
Meadow Creek Lake
 | 16 miles away 1 PHOTO Meadow lake was my Dada Idea, there is a great campground, easy road up the flat tops wilderness area to get there great for a one day fishing trip or camping, lots of family reunions held there, Great place to take little ones, and all around beautiful area... |
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