Booth Lake
Is Booth Lake open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 6 alerts for White River National Forest.
FSR 286, Radical Hill, is closed due to washouts and unsafe conditions
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · USFS · White River National Forest
Limited parking at Snowmass Creek Trailhead
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · USFS · White River National Forest
Grizzly Creek Trail Closure
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · Order 2026-02 · USFS · White River National Forest
Ruedi Marina Day Use area Dump Station is CLOSED
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · USFS · White River National Forest
Asbestos safety closure - Camp Hale
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · USFS · White River National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · White River National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Booth Lake is a 9-acre lake near Vail, Colorado, at about 11,468 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Local outfitters
- Cutthroat Anglers13 mi away
- Rancho Del Rio21 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Upper PineyLake fishing1.2 mi
- Easter Egg BoulderRock climbing2.9 mi
Booth Creek BouldersRock climbingPhoto: toastal_OLD, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)3.1 mi- West Partner PeakHikingPhoto: toastal_OLD, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)3.4 mi
- PitkinHiking3.6 mi
Gore CreekCanoeingPhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.6 mi
Gore Creek CampgroundCampingPhoto: KimonBerlin — CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)5.2 mi- Piney Designated Dispersed SiteCamping6.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Upper PineyLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Dillon ReservoirLake fishing · ~26 min drive
- Lost LakeRiver fishing · ~12 min drive
- Blue RiverRiver fishing · ~23 min drive
- Upper Boulder LakeLake fishing · ~6 min drive
- Beaver Creek Ski ResortRiver fishing · ~22 min drive
- PitkinLake fishing · ~7 min drive
- Beaver LakeRiver fishing · ~23 min drive
- Deluge LakeLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- Fall CreekRiver fishing · ~26 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Booth Creek BouldersRock climbing · ~5 min drivePhoto: toastal_OLD, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- West Partner PeakHiking · ~6 min drivePhoto: toastal_OLD, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Mount PowellSummit · ~8 min drivePhoto: Kristin, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Gore CreekCanoeing · ~8 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Booth Lake
No month here meets our mild-weather rule. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
27° / 3°
15 wet · 15 snow
Feb
29° / 3°
15 wet · 15 snow
Mar
35° / 8°
14 wet · 14 snow
Apr
40° / 15°
13 wet · 13 snow
May
49° / 25°
10 wet · 8 snow
Jun
61° / 34°
8 wet · 2 snow
Jul
67° / 40°
13 wet
Aug
64° / 39°
15 wet
Sep
58° / 32°
11 wet · 2 snow
Oct
47° / 21°
9 wet · 7 snow
Nov
35° / 11°
12 wet · 12 snow
Dec
27° / 3°
15 wet · 15 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Climax, CO, 23.7 mi away at 11,344 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
