Blue Lake
- 1.9 mi
- round trip
- 449 ft
- climb
- 10,923 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Caution today
Agency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is marginal · USFS, OpenWeather · checked 4 h ago
Is Blue Lake open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Blue Lake is an easy out-and-back hike in the High Uintas Wilderness, part of the Heber-Kamas Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. The trail is about 1.9 miles long, with a one-way climb of about 450 feet from a low point of roughly 10,457 feet to a high of about 10,923 feet. The Forest Service manages the land. The trail is natural-surfaced and allows horses, but not bikes. It is not an accessible route. The Naturalist Basin and Highline mountain biking trails sit within half a mile. Climbers can head to the Uinta Mountains, about 2.6 miles away, and Butterfly Lake campground is about 3.5 miles off.
Local outfitters
- Midway Adventure Company37 mi away
- Rocky Mountain Outfitters39 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Keep exploring — more trails worth the drive
Photo: Glennfcowan, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Mirror Lake
~7 min drive
Mirror Lake is a 4.09-mile out-and-back trail in Utah with 475 feet of elevation gain.
Photo: Glennfcowan, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Mirror Lake Shoreline
~7 min drive
0.69-mile out-and-back trail at Mirror Lake Shoreline in Utah with 30 feet of elevation gain.
Photo: Glennfcowan, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Notch Mountain
~10 min drive
17-mile out-and-back trail in Utah with 1,140 ft elevation gain.
HIKE
Uinta Highline Trail
~6 min drive
17.58-mile out-and-back hike in Utah with 3,483 ft elevation gain.
Photo: Glennfcowan, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Ruth Lake
~7 min drive
Ruth Lake is a 3.17-mile out-and-back trail in Utah with 622 feet of elevation gain.
Photo: Glennfcowan, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Fehr Lake
~7 min drive
1.98-mile out-and-back trail to Fehr Lake in Utah with 193 ft of elevation gain.
HIKE
Fish Creek - Grandaddy
~4 min drive
10.22-mile out-and-back trail in Utah with 356 ft elevation gain.
HIKE
Rock Creek Trail
~6 min drive
20.82-mile out-and-back hike in Utah with 2,638 ft gain/loss and 10,497 ft max elevation.
HIKE
Naturalist Basin Trail
~2 min drive
5.82-mile out-and-back hike in Utah with 1,386 ft elevation gain and loss.
Photo: Glennfcowan, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Ruth Lake Climbing Area
~7 min drive
0.61-mile out-and-back climb at Ruth Lake Climbing Area in Utah.
