West Lake, Medicine Bow Mountains, Larimer County, Colorado

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     You just can't envision the amount of outdoors fun things the area right next door to West Lake has to offer. There's whitewater on Cache La Poudre River for all you thrill seekers, and there are wonderful sites to discover along the North Lone Pine Trail. It is very dried up here at West Lake typically; the month with most of the rain is July; the driest month of the year is January. All year is a wonderful time in the Medicine Bow Mountains if you love the  
   outdoors. If you're a golfer then a magnificent nearby course is Fox Acres Country Club; you can go for a hike on the Killpecker Trail.
This lake is so wonderful. West Lake is great enough to spend more than a day at, Bellaire Lake Campground is a great local campground, and after a long day outdoors Fawn Valley Inn is a good site to spend a night or two. West Lake is one of the lakes here in the Medicine Bow Mountains.
So many entertaining things
 
               to do here in the Medicine Bow Mountains, too tremendous to be true. Not far from West Lake, you'll locate Twin Lake which is a picturesque lake, and going for a hike on the Swamp Creek Cutoff Trail is always a great adventure. Summertime highs at West Lake regularly tend to be in the 80's, and all through the night it cools down to the 40's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 30's, and overnight lows in the 0's for West Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always go to close by Snake Lake, and Wildcat Canyon is a pleasant place to spend some time.
There's so much to do here at West Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Dowdy Lake - Arapaho National Forest is a perfect place for that, and you can take a little journey to Snake Lake Dam if you're here at West Lake.

 
Fawn Valley Inn, Estes Park
21 miles away
Fawn Valley Inn offers an attractive range of fully-equipped accommodations including Jacuzzi suites, hot tub suites, one-, two- and three-bedroom condos, cozy cabin and all with beautiful river and m...

The Evergreens On Fall River, Estes Park
21 miles away
Luxury riverfront cabins-accommodating up to 6 guests-nestled in three acres of evergreen trees. We feature romantic couples spa cabins and family 2 bedroom cabins. All have private decks overlooking...

Current weather conditions at West Lake, Medicine Bow Mountains, Larimer County, Colorado
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Local climate location: LARAMIE FAA AP 23 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 40.79111
Longitude: -105.5719

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These outdoors activities are available near West Lake.
 Hotels Near West Lake:
Fawn Valley Inn, Estes Park, 21 miles away
The Evergreens On Fall River, Estes Park, 21 miles away
Peak To Peak Lodge Inc., Estes Park, 21 miles away
Estes Park Condos, Estes Park, 21 miles away
RiverStone Resorts-BearPaw Ste, Estes Park, 21 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near West Lake:
Dowdy Lake - Arapaho National Forest, Fort Collins, 1 miles away
Bellaire Lake Campground, Larimer County, 3 miles away
Creedmore Lakes Campground, Larimer County, 4 miles away
Lost Lake Campground, Larimer County, 4 miles away
 Whitewater Near West Lake:
Cache La Poudre River, Larimer CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class III-IV - 9.5 miles long (Home Moraine to Indian Meadows Bridge)
Cache La Poudre River, Larimer CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class III-IV - 8 miles long (Indian Meadows Bridge to Narrows Picnic Ground)
Cache La Poudre River - North Fork, Larimer CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class IV-V - 9 miles long (Cherokee Park Road to Halligan)
 National Parks Near West Lake:
Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park - CO, 23 miles away
 Trails Near West Lake:
Swamp Creek Cutoff Trail, Larimer County, 6 miles away
North Lone Pine Trail, Larimer County, 8 miles away
Killpecker Trail, Larimer County, 9 miles away
 Golf Courses Near West Lake:
Fox Acres Country Club, Red Feather Lakes, 1 miles away
 Lakes Near West Lake:
Snake Lake, Larimer CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Twin Lake, Larimer CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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Lost Lake Campground
The campground extends all the way down to the main bottom lake and there are Great ,established sites on both sides of the bottom lake, NOT IN MY BACK YARD....

Twin Lake Reservoir
11 miles away
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The lake was very low on 6/29/08. Not sure when they let all the water out but if it was before this last winter we had... I bet it froze solid. We both fished for a while and did not see and sign of life while we were there....

Worster Reservoir
12 miles away
Marlene. I spent several years in Laramie in the 70's and also never was aquainted with Worster Reservoir... However my interest in families was sparked when I heard the name Appleton Collins Worster who is in my family tree. ...It's named after my grandfather Appleton Collins Worster, he came here from Maine when he was young. My father and uncles grew up in the house that is on Sand Creek road, not far from reservoir....I have never heard of Worster Reservoir, please let me know where it is located....

Ypsilon Lake
19 miles away
It's true. This lake is incredible for fishing probably because it is little fished. Beetle Spins not so good for us but Rooster Tails and Yo-Zuri Pin's minnow 2'' Rainbow Trout colored did the trick. Four of us went here July '09. The hike was long but worth it. Accompanied by a late morning start, it rained off and on so we didn't get to fish as much as we wanted plus the altitude got to one of us pretty badly. We're lowlanders from the South. A couple of extra-strength Tylenol, he was up and around in an hour or so. Next time we'll camp at Upper Chipmunk and each eat our fill of Trout each day. Awesome adventure!...

Greyrock Trail
19 miles away
I hiked Grey Rock on July 3rd and contracted poison ivy. Great hike, but beware and buy some Zanfel first!...Another great story describing the wounders of the Rocky Mountains. As a life serious rock climber I truly respect the story of a beautiful hike. Thank you, enjoy many more family adventures. Don't rush up the mountains and be thankful for the lush mountains we call the Rocky Mountains....I climb to the Grey Rock Summit every summer. We went this 4th of July weekend. We left the parking lot late afternoon and got to the summit with enough time to hike the boulders to the top after putting up the tent. The 4 of us watched the sunset. I had a headlamp, but didn't need it. There was an almost full moon lighting up the canyon. My daughter & I slept in the parachute hammocks and watched the moon cross the sky. I enjoyed a good sunrise too. The trail leading to the lake was marked with rock piles that even I found it! I walked in up to my knees and soaked my bathing suit in the clear water. The others walked across the lake and climbed the rocks to the top on the West side. So refreshing. Nice family holiday. We were also celebrating my daughters 19th birthday....

Rocky Mountain National Park
22 miles away
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