East Lost Park
- 3.6 mi
- round trip
- 234 ft
- climb
- 8,501 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- May–Sep
- best months
East Lost Park is a moderate hike in the Blanco Ranger District of Colorado's White River National Forest, about 3.6 miles from the trailhead. The Forest Service manages the land, and the route is an out-and-back that gains about 234 feet in elevation over roughly 3.6 miles, from a low of about 8,348 feet to a high of about 8,501 feet. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Yampa, which sits a few hundred feet lower, show July highs around 79°F with lows near 46°F, while winter highs stay around freezing. The trail is on natural surface, and horses are allowed. Bikes are not. Lost Park lies just 0.2 miles away, and Lost Creek is about 3 miles off. North Fork Campground is about 3.6 miles away, and the Corral Creek mountain biking area is about 3.4 miles away.
- Lost ParkHiking0.2 mi
- Lost CreekHiking3.1 mi
- Corral CreekMountain biking3.4 mi
- North Fork CampgroundCamping3.6 mi
- PagodaLake fishing6.6 mi
- East Marvine CampgroundCamping6.7 mi
- Marvine CampgroundCamping7 mi
North Fork White RiverCanoeingPhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)8.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Best time to visit East Lost Park
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, 29.7 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.
