Tonier Gulch Reservoir
- May–Sep
- best months
Is Tonier Gulch Reservoir open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest.
Access Impact: Big Creek Lakes Dam Project
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Trail & Access Impact: Stillwater Reservoir Project
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Snowy Range - 2026 Active Vegetation Operations
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Tonier Gulch Reservoir is a 5-acre reservoir near Toponas, Colorado, at about 8,466 feet.
Local outfitters
- Rancho Del Rio15 mi away
- Backdoor Sports28 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Shoe & StockingHiking2.5 mi
- Muddy Slide TrailHiking3 mi
- Lynx Pass CampgroundCamping3.2 mi
- Tepee CreekHiking3.6 mi
- Rock CreekCanoeing5.9 mi
- Egeria CreekCanoeing6 mi
- Rock Creek CampgroundCamping6.4 mi
- Morrison CreekCanoeing7.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Confluence River AccessRiver fishing · ~32 min drive
- Roberta ReservoirLake fishing · ~14 min drive
- Muddy Creek Fishing Access and Kremmling CliffsRiver fishing · ~30 min drive
- Whiteley-Nelson ReservoirLake fishing · ~19 min drive
- Kimball Bridge (Highway 9)River fishing · ~34 min drive
- Albert ReservoirLake fishing · ~25 min drive
- Barger Gulch Fishing AccessRiver fishing · ~39 min drive
- Milk Creek ReservoirLake fishing · ~26 min drive
- Reeder CreekRiver fishing · ~43 min drive
- Hinman ReservoirLake fishing · ~26 min drive
Also worth it near here
Bear RiverCanoeing · ~23 min drivePhoto: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Radium Rec Site Boat RampBoat launch · ~24 min drive
Elk Run TrailHiking · ~24 min drivePhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Pinnacle CampgroundCamping · ~25 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Tonier Gulch Reservoir
Best months: May–September. 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
32° / 7°
12 wet
Feb
34° / 9°
11 wet
Mar
43° / 17°
10 wet
Apr
52° / 24°
11 wet
May
62° / 33°
10 wet
Jun
74° / 40°
8 wet
Jul
79° / 46°
10 wet
Aug
77° / 45°
11 wet
Sep
70° / 37°
9 wet
Oct
57° / 27°
8 wet
Nov
42° / 17°
9 wet
Dec
32° / 8°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Yampa, CO, 10 mi away at 7,857 ft. The station sits about 600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
