Tepee Creek
- 9.0 mi
- round trip
- 609 ft
- climb
- 9,390 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- May–Sep
- best months
Is Tepee Creek 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.
Tepee Creek is a hard hike of about 9 miles in the Yampa Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest in Colorado, managed by the Forest Service. The trail is an out-and-back with a one-way climb of about 610 feet, starting at roughly 8,875 feet and reaching about 9,390 feet at the high point. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from the nearby Yampa weather station show July highs around 79°F with lows near 46°F, and the station sits well below the trail, so temperatures on the route run cooler. The trail is natural-surface and bikes are allowed. It is not an accessible route. Lynx Pass Campground is about half a mile away, and the Muddy Slide Trail is about 0.6 miles off. Shoe & Stocking and Rock Creek Campground are both within about 4 miles.
Local outfitters
- Rancho Del Rio15 mi away
- Flat Tops Wilderness Guides34 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Lynx Pass CampgroundCamping0.5 mi
- Muddy Slide TrailHiking0.6 mi
- Shoe & StockingHiking2.6 mi
- Rock CreekHiking3.7 mi
- Rock Creek CampgroundCamping3.7 mi
- Blacktail Creek CampgroundCamping6 mi
- Morrison CreekCanoeing7.9 mi
- Egeria CreekCanoeing9.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Pinnacle Loop TrailHiking · ~26 min drivePhoto: Peter Alfred Hess, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Mandall LakesHiking · ~39 min drivePhoto: Jim Morefield, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
SunshineHiking · ~39 min drivePhoto: blt04, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Elk Run TrailHiking · ~26 min drivePhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Muddy Slide TrailHiking · ~12 min drive
- Pete's Wicked TrailHiking · ~39 min drivePhoto: blt04, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Lakeside TrailHiking · ~26 min drivePhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Silver CreekHiking · ~14 min drive
- Muddy Slide TrailHiking · ~1 min drive
- Overlook TrailHiking · ~27 min drivePhoto: Peter Alfred Hess, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Also worth it near here
Best time to visit Tepee Creek
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, 12.7 mi away at 7,857 ft. The station sits about 1,500 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.
