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It's always fun to stop by Porter Reservoir. You'll locate a pretty lake called Barton Porter Reservoir near Porter Reservoir; not far from Porter Reservoir you acquire some good water scenery at Barton Porter Dam. Be careful coming to Porter Reservoir, you might not ever wanna go home again. While you're here at Porter Reservoir, you could also go to gorgeous Hughes Reservoir, and a round of golf at nearby Glenwood SPGS Golf Club is a perfect way to kill some
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| | time. The warmest time of the year at Porter Reservoir comes with high temperatures in the 80's. Once the sun is down it drops down to the 50's. Highs during the wintertime are typically in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Porter Reservoir are in the 0's. Take a hike on the Last Chance Trail; why not head up to Sunlight Mountain and strap some skis to your feet. Ami's Acres Campgrounds is a great campground nearby. This lake is so wonderful. Stay | |
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the night at Burning Mountain RV Park; you can have a good hiking adventure along the Fayville Trail. This lake is so wonderful. After a long day outdoors Quality Inn & Suites is a great site to spend a night or two, and Horse
Mountain is a peak you can see from Porter Reservoir. Porter Reservoir is right by the Mansfield Ditch Trail; the beauty of mother nature reveals herself at South Canyon Hot Springs. At Porter Reservoir you don’t see much precipitation;
October is the month that gets the most rain, and February meanwhile is the driest month. If you don't mind getting dripping wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Colorado River, and dry warm beds await you at Clarion Collection Glenwood Springs.
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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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