Upper Piney
- Jun–Jul
- best months
Is Upper Piney 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.
Upper Piney is a fishing lake in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, part of the Holy Cross Ranger District of Colorado's White River National Forest. The Forest Service manages the land, and the site is not reservable. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station at Dillon, which sits about 1,200 feet lower than the lake, show July highs around 75°F with lows near 38°F. That station's figures run cooler than conditions at the lake, so expect temperatures there to be somewhat lower. Several other spots lie within a few miles. Easter Egg Boulder and Booth Creek Boulders are climbing areas about 2 miles away, and Booth Lake is a hike at a similar distance. Gore Creek Campground, roughly 4 miles off, offers a place to stay.
Local outfitters
- Cutthroat Anglers13 mi away
- Rancho Del Rio22 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Easter Egg BoulderRock climbing1.8 mi
Booth Creek BouldersRock climbingPhoto: toastal_OLD, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)2 mi- Booth LakeHiking2.1 mi
- West Partner PeakHikingPhoto: toastal_OLD, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)2.3 mi
Gore CreekCanoeingPhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)3.5 mi
Gore Creek CampgroundCampingPhoto: KimonBerlin — CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)4.2 mi- Piney Designated Dispersed SiteCamping6.4 mi
- Lost LakeRiver fishing7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Booth LakeLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Dillon ReservoirLake fishing · ~25 min drive
- Lost LakeRiver fishing · ~12 min drive
- Blue RiverRiver fishing · ~22 min drive
- PitkinLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Beaver Creek Ski ResortRiver fishing · ~21 min drive
- Upper Boulder LakeLake fishing · ~6 min drive
- Beaver LakeRiver fishing · ~22 min drive
- Deluge LakeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
- Fall CreekRiver fishing · ~24 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Booth Creek BouldersRock climbing · ~3 min drivePhoto: toastal_OLD, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- West Partner PeakHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: toastal_OLD, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Gore CreekCanoeing · ~6 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Gore Creek CampgroundCamping · ~7 min drivePhoto: KimonBerlin — CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
Best time to visit Upper Piney
Best months: June–July. 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
31° / 1°
12 wet
Feb
33° / 4°
11 wet
Mar
41° / 10°
11 wet
Apr
47° / 18°
11 wet
May
58° / 26°
10 wet
Jun
69° / 33°
9 wet
Jul
75° / 38°
12 wet
Aug
73° / 37°
13 wet
Sep
66° / 30°
10 wet
Oct
54° / 21°
8 wet
Nov
41° / 11°
9 wet
Dec
32° / 3°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Dillon 1 E, CO, 15 mi away at 9,065 ft. The station sits about 1,200 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.
