Shoe & Stocking
- 7.1 mi
- round trip
- 151 ft
- climb
- 9,132 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- May–Sep
- best months
Is Shoe & Stocking 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.
Shoe & Stocking is an easy, out-and-back hike of about 7 miles on natural surface in the Yampa Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest in Colorado. The route rises about 150 feet from its low point of roughly 8,700 feet to a high of about 9,100 feet. It is open year-round, and the Forest Service manages the land. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Yampa run from highs around 74°F in June to about 79°F in July, and the station sits roughly 1,300 feet lower than the trail's high point, so expect it to run cooler up top. Bikes are allowed, and the trail makes an easy pairing with Lynx Pass Campground and the Muddy Slide Trail, both about 2 miles away. Rock Creek Campground is about 4 miles off, and Rock Creek offers canoeing.
Local outfitters
- Rancho Del Rio13 mi away
- Flat Tops Wilderness Guides32 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Lynx Pass CampgroundCamping2.1 mi
- Muddy Slide TrailHiking2.1 mi
- Tepee CreekHiking2.6 mi
- Rock CreekCanoeing3.8 mi
- Rock Creek CampgroundCamping4 mi
- old highway roadMountain biking5.9 mi
- Blacktail Creek CampgroundCamping6.4 mi
- Egeria CreekCanoeing7.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Elk Run TrailHiking · ~28 min drivePhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Mandall LakesHiking · ~36 min drivePhoto: Jim Morefield, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Muddy Slide TrailHiking · ~4 min drive
Pinnacle Loop TrailHiking · ~28 min drivePhoto: Peter Alfred Hess, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Tepee CreekHiking · ~4 min drive
- Sarvis CreekHiking · ~21 min drive
Lakeside TrailHiking · ~28 min drivePhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Muddy Slide TrailHiking · ~12 min drive
- Public Lands Access TrailHiking · ~27 min drive
- Overlook TrailHiking · ~29 min drivePhoto: Peter Alfred Hess, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Also worth it near here
Best time to visit Shoe & Stocking
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, 12.4 mi away at 7,857 ft. The station sits about 1,300 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.
