Silver Lake Trail
- 2.9 mi
- round trip
- 320 ft
- climb
- 10,637 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Is Silver Lake Trail 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.
Silver Lake Trail is an easy, out-and-back hike of about 2.9 miles in the Brush Creek-Hayden Ranger District of Wyoming's Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. The trail rises about 320 feet from a low point of 10,338 feet to a high of 10,637 feet, and it is managed by the Forest Service. The trail is open year-round, and the parking area is named Silver Lake Loop. Bikes are allowed, and the surface is natural. The trail starts close to two other destinations: Meadow Falls Trail and Silver Lake Campground are each about 0.1 mile away. Snow Survey Cabin is about 1.4 miles off, and West Lake Marie, a fishing spot, is about 2.2 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Deer Haven RV Park26 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Meadow Falls TrailHiking0.1 mi
Silver Lake CampgroundCampingPhoto: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.1 mi- Snow Survey CabinCamping1.4 mi
- West Lake MarieLake fishing2.2 mi
- Tipple TrailHiking2.2 mi
Medicine Bow Peak AreaRock climbingPhoto: cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)2.6 mi- North French CreekCanoeing4.3 mi
- The Blue Marble WallRock climbing4.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Lakes TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: Greg Younger, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Dipper LakeHiking · ~6 min drivePhoto: Greg Younger, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Lost-Glacier LakesHiking · ~8 min drive
- ALBANY TRAILHiking · ~18 min drive
Heart Lake TrailHiking · ~7 min drivePhoto: Greg Younger, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Tipple TrailHiking · ~4 min drive
- Quealy Lake TrailHiking · ~8 min drive
- Lake Marie TrailHiking · ~4 min drive
- Medicine Bow Peak TrailHiking · ~7 min drive
- Tie HackHiking · ~10 min drive
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