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Why not stop by Valley Lake if you're passing through these parts. So much entertaining stuff to do here in the Wind River Range, too good to be true. The Firehole Trail is a fine hiking trail near Valley Lake, and if you desire a little side trip, try Europe Canyon. If the weather is brilliant here at Valley Lake, you can go for a hike along the Europe Canyon Trail, and Valley Lake is not the only spot close by, Lake Prue is a close by lake. Man, is there
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| | lots of fun stuff to do in the Wind River Range. Valley Lake is wonderful enough to spend more than a day at, Scab Creek Campground is a wonderful local campground, and Boulder Creek is a good whitewater spot close by.
This lake is so wonderful. On a pleasant day at Valley Lake you can take a hike along the Lake Isabella Trail, and if you've had enough of Valley Lake, Pipestone Lakes is close by. Camping at Boulder Campground is always a wonderful experience, | |
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and a wonderful location for whitewater paddling is Bull Lake Creek. This lake is so wonderful.
Summertime brings highs in the 70's to Valley Lake while nighttime lows are generally in the 40's. The winter brings highs down to
the 20's, and nighttime lows all through the winter for Valley Lake tend to be in the-10's. Valley Lake is frequently a rather dried up location; May is the month that gets the most rain while February is the month with the least
amount of precipitation. Valley Lake is one of the lakes here in the Wind River Range.
And if you're still looking for more outdoors amusing stuff just keep reading. Dry warm beds await you at Best Western Pinedale Inn; if the weather is pretty, you obtain a good sight of Medina Mountain from Valley Lake.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.93139
Longitude: -109.4775
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Bull Lake Creek, Fremont CountyCounty, 16 miles away
Class -blank- - 12 miles long (North Fork to Bull Lake) |
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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, 18 miles away
Class -blank- - 5 miles long (Half Moon Lake to right off of Fayette Pole Creek Road) |
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Lake Prue, Sublette CountyCounty, 1 miles away |
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| MORE STUFF NEARBY:
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?... |
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... |
Ice Lakes
| 10 miles away
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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
| 10 miles away
Lake is centraly located in the saint lawrence basin lakes. Good views, makina (lake)trout mostly, easy 9 hour hike.... |
Suicide Lake
| 15 miles away
Had some excellent fishing for brook & cutthroat trout at Suicide Lake in August '05. The fishing was so hot I caught 2 at once.... |
Triangle Lake
| 18 miles away
This lake is almost impossible to get to. I have been within two miles of the lake and can't get to it because of the dangers that surround it. There are cliffs and the trail to the lake is a slippery waterfall.... |
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27 miles away
28 miles away
