Crosho Lake Rec Area
- May–Sep
- best months
Is Crosho Lake Rec Area 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.
- At 8,866 ftHigh camp: expect cold nights, even in summer
- Yampa Ranger DistrictMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Crosho Lake Rec Area is a Forest Service campground in the Yampa Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest in northwest Colorado. It sits within the national forest's Yampa Ranger District, and the nearest town is Yampa, about 7.6 miles away. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Yampa show July highs around 79°F with lows near 46°F, and the station sits roughly 1,000 feet lower than the campground, so temperatures here run cooler. Crosho Lake Camground is just 0.1 mile away, and the Allen Basin Trail starts about 0.3 mile off. Chapman Reservoir Campground is about 2 miles away, and Sheriff's Reservoir Campground is about 5 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Backdoor Sports25 mi away
- Flat Tops Wilderness Guides26 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Crosho Lake CamgroundCamping0.1 mi
- Allen Basin TrailHiking0.3 mi
- Chapman Reservoir CampgroundCamping2.1 mi
- Bunker BasinHiking4.9 mi
- Sheriff's Reservoir CampgroundCamping4.9 mi
- SawtoothHiking5.3 mi
Bear RiverCanoeingPhoto: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6.6 mi- Yampa RiverCanoeing9.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
McKindley Group CampgroundCamping · ~22 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Pinnacle CampgroundCamping · ~22 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Eagle Soaring RV ParkCamping · ~39 min drivePhoto: Nolabob, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Crosho Lake CamgroundCamping · Next door
- Chapman Reservoir CampgroundCamping · ~4 min drive
- Sheriff's Reservoir CampgroundCamping · ~8 min drive
- Trout Creek CampgroundCamping · ~9 min drive
- Yampa Ranger DistrictCamping · ~13 min drive
- Bear River Designated DispersedCamping · ~14 min drive
- Bear Lake CampgroundCamping · ~15 min drive
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Best time to visit Crosho Lake Rec Area
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, 7.6 mi away at 7,857 ft. The station sits about 1,000 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.
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