Lake of the Crags
Is Lake of the Crags open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District. It doesn't name Lake of the Crags, so check the source for the area it covers.
Area Closure for the Fishhook Fire - Routt National Forest
Agency closure covering Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District · Order 02-06-03-26-222 · USFS · Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District
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 · Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Lake of the Crags is a 5-acre lake near Clark, Colorado, at about 10,839 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Local outfitters
- Backdoor Sports13 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- CragsHiking0.3 mi
- Big Creek Lake(hp)Hiking0.9 mi
- South Fork Mad CreekCanoeing4 mi
- Big CreekCanoeing5.6 mi
- Soda MountainSummit6.8 mi
Teal Lake Group CampsiteCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain7.2 mi- Summit Lake CampgroundCamping7.3 mi
- Mt. Zirkel WildernessRock climbing8.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Lake MargaretLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- North Platte RiverRiver fishing · ~45 min drive
- Encampment RiverRiver fishing · ~1h 7m drive
- Slide LakeLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Snowstorm LakeLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Fish Hawk LakeLake fishing · ~6 min drive
- Ptarmigan LakeLake fishing · ~6 min drive
- Round LakeLake fishing · ~21 min drive
- Blue LakeLake fishing · ~22 min drive
- Pearl LakeLake fishing · ~23 min drive
Also worth it near here
South Fork Elk RiverCanoeing · ~11 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Teal Lake Group CampsiteCamping · ~12 min drive
Three Island LakeHiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: brewbooks, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Mt. Zirkel WildernessRock climbing · ~15 min drive
- Spring CreekMountain biking · ~15 min drive