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The beauty of Lightning Lakes attracts many people from all around. Not much precipitation falls here at Lightning Lakes; throughout May this area sees the most rain while February is regularly the driest month. What a site this is for outdoors people. You'll find a delightful lake called Divide Lake near Lightning Lakes, and there's some flowing water nearby, Halls Creek is a stream you can explore while here. Stay the night at Boulder Campground, and get
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There is a nice hiking trail in close proximity to Lightning Lakes called the Scab Sage Trail, and dry warm beds await you at Best Western Pinedale Inn. The warmest time of the year at Lightning Lakes arrives with high temperatures in the 70's. Summer night lows sink down to the 40's. Through the wintertime highs are regularly in the 20's with temperatures at Lightning Lakes dipping down into the-10's during winter | |
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nights. This lake is located in the wonderful Wind River Range.
You'll beyond doubt wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the cool things in the Wind River Range. While you're here at Lightning Lakes, you could also explore
pretty Divide Reservoir, and on a nice day you can take a hike along the Lowline Trail. This lake is so wonderful. That right there is heaps of exciting stuff already but it goes on, the Wind River Range has it all. Lightning Lakes
is a great place to visit for more than one day, Scab Creek Campground is a great place to camp nearby; since you're here you can take a hike along the Sage Basin Trail.
This lake is so wonderful. Paddling on Boulder Creek is so much fun; the scenery at Divide Dam is picturesque.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.84306
Longitude: -109.4664
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Boulder Creek, Sublette CountyCounty, 17 miles away
Class -blank- - 2.25 miles long (Boulder Lake) |
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Pole Creek, Sublette CountyCounty, 19 miles away
Class -blank- - 5 miles long (Half Moon Lake to right off of Fayette Pole Creek Road) |
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Bull Lake Creek, Fremont CountyCounty, 19 miles away
Class -blank- - 12 miles long (North Fork to Bull Lake) |
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Scab Lake Trail
 | scab lake trail is not one for the weak, it is a hard climb with outstanding rewards of beauty & huge high powered brilliantly colored brook trout up to 6 lbs that we know of in scab lake! oh almost forgot the last time I went was July 5 it snowed at scab 18 plus inches, I hope that I remembered to tell that the 11 mile trail to the scab lake is a hard hard climb, I have only made it 3 times to the lake thanks Allen Eagle concrete worker & stock car racer Jackson Hole... |
Hay Pass Trail
| I backpacked over Hay Pass (from Boulder Lake Trailhead to to Golden Lakes) last July 25. Easy ascent to pass except for stream crossings, trail gets faint for about 1/4 mi.above Dennis Lake (quite a view down to the lake. At the outlet of the unnamed lake (Beth Lake???) below the pass on the west side (at head of North Fk Boulder Cr.) water was high & swift, so I routed eastward around to the head of the lake crossing 2 inlet streams where they braid apart. through thick willows- a slow deal, but better than hip-deep swift water at the outlet. Great cutthroat fishing at Victor Lake (on fish to 19) during a hail storm. Guess the fish thought the hail was a swarm of bugs. Saw nobody else from Victor lk. to Golden Lks and back (3 days). Not the most spectacular scenery in the range (peaks are mostly round-topped, not like the jagged peaks to the north or south), but no people and great fishing (Golden Lakes had lots of 14 goldens but they were not biting- typical of goldens). Going in again this July, only farther this time, north of Golden Lakes. Anybody going that way?... |
Ice Lakes
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I went up there 15 years ago and just got back from another week this last weekend....the fishing was much, much better in the past. I think the WY Game and Fish spends all their golden trout stocking funds on wolves now. The stocking ended the year the wolves were reintroduced.........Hmmm, isn't that interesting! Also....too many llamas and horses bringing the light-weights up the mountain to clutter the place this time....the trails looked like a lost group of Custard's cavalry must still be riding the trails. :( But the beauty of the area will always remain. Thank you, Lord, for your beautiful handiwork.... |
Sonnicant Lake
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Lake is centraly located in the saint lawrence basin lakes. Good views, makina (lake)trout mostly, easy 9 hour hike.... |
Suicide Lake
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Had some excellent fishing for brook & cutthroat trout at Suicide Lake in August '05. The fishing was so hot I caught 2 at once.... |
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