Lily Lake
- 6.6 mi
- round trip
- 1,725 ft
- climb
- 12,354 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Is Lily Lake open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in San Carlos Ranger District. It doesn't name Lily Lake, so check the source for the area it covers.
East Bear Gulch NFST 1333 seasonal closure
Agency closure covering San Carlos Ranger District · Order 02-12-03-26-14 · USFS · San Carlos Ranger District
Reduced Aspen Acres Fire closure order
Agency alert covering San Carlos Ranger District · Order 02-12-03-26-43 · USFS · San Carlos Ranger District
FSR 286, Radical Hill, is closed due to washouts and unsafe conditions
Agency alert covering Pike and San Isabel National Forests · USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Interlaken Hotel Tree Hazards
Agency alert covering Pike and San Isabel National Forests · USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Sharpe Fire Update
Agency alert covering Pike and San Isabel National Forests · USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
As of · Source: USFS · San Carlos Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Lily Lake is a hard hike in Colorado's San Carlos Ranger District, part of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, about 6.6 miles long with a one-way elevation gain of 1,725 feet. The trail is an out-and-back, starting at the Lily Lake Trailhead, which is open year-round. The route rises from a low point of about 10,622 feet to a high of about 12,354 feet. The trail is natural-surfaced and allows bikes, so riders can take it on a mountain bike. Mount Lindsey sits just 0.1 mile away, and the Zapata and Huerfano hikes are each about 1.2 miles off. For an overnight stay, Zapata Falls Campground is about 4.8 miles away.
Local outfitters
- San Luis Valley Campground49 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Mount LindseyHiking0.1 mi
- ZapataHiking1.2 mi
- HuerfanoHiking1.2 mi
- UteHiking1.4 mi
Zapata Falls CampgroundCampingPhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.8 mi
Oasis CampgroundCampingPhoto: Thomson M, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)5.9 mi- Great Sand Dunes OasisCamping6.2 mi
Pinon Flats CampgroundCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain8.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- N. Fork ZapataHiking · ~6 min drivePhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
California PeakHiking · ~8 min drivePhoto: Eric Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Wellington Ditch TrailHiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Medano CreekHiking · ~14 min drive
- ZapataHiking · ~2 min drive
- S. ZapataHiking · ~6 min drivePhoto: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Twin PeaksHiking · ~8 min drivePhoto: Eric Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Interpretive Loop TrailHiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
The DunefieldHiking · ~15 min drivePhoto: quinn.anya, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- StrawberryHiking · ~6 min drive
Also worth it near here
Ellingwood PointSummit · ~5 min drivePhoto: No machine-readable author provided. Meniscus~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Winchell LakesLake fishing · ~6 min drive
Zapata FallsWaterfall · ~8 min drivePhoto: XenonofArcticus (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
