Lost Trail Campground
- 200
- sites
- from $27
- fee
- May
- season
- Jun–Jul, Sep
- best months
Is Lost Trail Campground open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Rio Grande National Forest. It doesn't name Lost Trail Campground, so check the source for the area it covers.
Closures and dangerous conditions on roads, bridges, and trails from flooding
Agency closure covering Rio Grande National Forest · USFS · Rio Grande National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Rio Grande National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
- 200 sites
- At 8,300 ftHigh camp: expect cold nights, even in summer
- Divide Ranger DistrictRio Grande National Forest
Lost Trail Campground is a Forest Service campground in the Divide Ranger District of Colorado's Rio Grande National Forest, about 5.6 miles from the Rio Grande Reservoir weather station. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from that nearby station put July highs around 76°F with lows near 42°F, while winter highs stay in the mid-30s and snow falls on four days a month from December through February. The site charges a fee and has vault toilets as its only amenity. The Lost Trail hike starts about half a mile away, and the Heart Lake hike is about 3 miles off. The Rio Grande Reservoir Boating Site and the Thirty Mile campground are both within about 6 miles.
Local outfitters
- Grizzly RT RV Park10 mi away
- Highlander15 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- LOST TRAILHiking0.5 mi
Heart LakeHikingPhoto: fringedbenefit, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)3.1 mi- Ute CreekCanoeing3.2 mi
- Rio Grande Reservoir Boating SiteLake fishing4.5 mi
WeminucheHikingPhoto: JustTooLazy, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)5.5 mi- Thirty MileCamping5.9 mi
River HillCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain7 mi- Jagged MountainMountaineering10 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Cataract GulchCamping · ~18 min drivePhoto: Mitchtobin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Highlander RV CampgroundCamping · ~26 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Silverton Lakes CampgroundCamping · ~29 min drivePhoto: Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Palisades Horse CampCamping · ~30 min drive
Henson Creek RV ParkCamping · ~31 min drivePhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Williams Creek CampgroundCamping · ~34 min drive
- River HillCamping · ~12 min drive
Crooked Creek Dispersed AreaCamping · ~18 min drivePhoto: cogdogblog — CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Thirty MileCamping · ~10 min drive
- Road Canyon CampgroundCamping · ~15 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Rio Grande Reservoir Boating SiteBoat launch · ~8 min drive
- Rio Grande Reservoir Boating SiteLake fishing · ~8 min drive
- Grizzly CreekHiking · ~10 min drivePhoto: JustTooLazy, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Rio Grande PyramidSummit · ~11 min drivePhoto: U.S. Forest Service Staff, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)- Middle Pole TrailMountain biking · ~15 min drive
Best time to visit Lost Trail Campground
Best months: June–July and 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
34° / -4°
4 wet · 4 snow
Feb
37° / -2°
4 wet · 4 snow
Mar
43° / 9°
5 wet · 5 snow
Apr
50° / 20°
6 wet · 5 snow
May
60° / 29°
5 wet · 2 snow
Jun
71° / 36°
5 wet
Jul
76° / 42°
11 wet
Aug
73° / 41°
13 wet
Sep
68° / 35°
9 wet
Oct
58° / 25°
6 wet · 2 snow
Nov
44° / 12°
4 wet · 3 snow
Dec
34° / -3°
4 wet · 3 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Rio Grande Rsvr, CO, 5.6 mi away at 9,492 ft. The station sits about 1,200 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
