Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado, Wyoming

Silver Lake Trail

1.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 150 ft of climbing · 350 ft of descent · 10,334 ft–10,635 ft · native material surface · trail No. 291 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike

10,635 ft 10,474 ft · 1.5 mi high 10,635 ft

Trailhead Silver Lake Trailhead 10,636 ft Drive there

Meadow Falls Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

season June to

The Meadow Falls Trailhead is at Silver Lake Campground just off the Snowy Range Highway. The 2.8 mile trail averages over 10,000 feet. Silver Lake Trail is also located at Silver Lake Campground.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Silver Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

season July to September

The Silver Lake trailhead is at the Silver Lake Campground on the Snowy Range Scenic Byway. The 1.7 mile trail follows the shoreline of Silver Lake.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.