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Summit Lake is 15 miles northeast of Steamboat Springs. This is a high country (10,300') campground right on top of the Park Range Mountains. Neat Place! How to get there: Take I-70 west from Denver, pass Idaho Springs, exit at the Berthoud Pass Exit following US 40 northwest. Continue on US 40 through Granby, Kremmling, over Rabbit Ears Pass to Steamboat Springs. Or; I-70 through the Eisenhower Tunnel, CO9 to Kremmling and west on US 40 to Steamboat Springs. In Steamboat Springs you must take 7th Street northeast to Park Avenue, follow Park Ave. N.E. until it ends at North Park Avenue. Follow North Park Avenue north until it turns into FSR323. Go north 1.5 miles, turn right on FSR60 (gravel), and go east into the Park Range Mountains. There are three campgrounds on this access road. The first is Dry Lake CG, the second is Summit Lake CG, the last is Granite CG. Total distance between Steamboat Springs and Buffalo Pass or Summit Lake is 15 miles. A neat hiking trail, Wyoming Trail (FS1101), goes north along the top of the Park Range Mountains into the Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area. This is a good starting point for a 50 Miler through the Wilderness Area. Summit Lake Campground summer facilities; 17 campsites, drinking water, tables, cooking fireplaces, toilets and garbage cans. Fee area for camping. Hahns Peak District Forest Service Office, 57 10th Street, Box 1198, Steamboat Springs, 80477.
Created on: 2024-09-08 12:53:26