Libby Creek
- 8.0 mi
- round trip
- 336 ft
- climb
- 10,063 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Is Libby 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.
Libby Creek is an 8-mile out-and-back hike on natural surface in the Laramie Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest in Wyoming. It starts at the Green Rock Picnic Site Trailhead and gains about 336 feet from the trailhead's low point of 9,473 feet to a high point of 10,063 feet. The Forest Service manages the land, and the route is rated hard. Bikes are allowed, and the trail is not accessible. It is open year round, and the trailhead parking is labeled GREEN ROCK. Barber Lake lies about 0.2 miles away, and Nash Fork Campground is about 1.2 miles off. For more time on foot, North Fork is about 2.4 miles away, and climbers can find the Medicine Bow Peak Area roughly 5.7 miles from the trail.
Local outfitters
- Deer Haven RV Park32 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Barber LakeHiking0.2 mi
Nash Fork CampgroundCampingPhoto: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.2 mi
Brooklyn Lake CampgroundCampingPhoto: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.3 mi- North ForkHiking2.4 mi
North Fork CampgroundCampingPhoto: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.5 mi- North Fork Little Laramie RiverCanoeing3.8 mi
Medicine Bow Peak AreaRock climbingPhoto: cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)5.7 mi- West Lake MarieLake fishing5.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Lakes TrailHiking · ~9 min drivePhoto: Greg Younger, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Dipper LakeHiking · ~12 min drivePhoto: Greg Younger, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Barber LakeHiking · Next door
- ALBANY TRAILHiking · ~15 min drive
Heart Lake TrailHiking · ~11 min drivePhoto: Greg Younger, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Medicine Bow Peak TrailHiking · ~8 min drive
- North ForkHiking · ~4 min drive
- North Fork TrailHiking · ~4 min drive
- Tipple TrailHiking · ~10 min drive
- Little Laramie Trail SystemHiking · ~5 min drive