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Blue Lakes Trailhead

?CLOSED FOR SUMMER 2025
Starting June 2, 2025, the trailhead will be CLOSED for the summer! GMUG National Forests announce temporary closure of the Blue Lakes area for trailhead construction and restoration efforts. The closure is expected to remain through August 2025 and will be lifted as soon as it is safe to access the area. More Info...
  
8/21/2021
Posted On: 8/22/2021 By: ltlFish99
Info: Even with all of the recent rain, the road to the trailhead is mostly dry. Restroom open, with very little toilet paper.
 
8/4/2021
Posted On: 8/4/2021 By: ltlFish99
Info: Road is somewhat muddy with a lot of puddles from all of the recent rain. Restroom open with no tp at all.
 
7/10/2021
Posted On: 7/11/2021 By: ltlFish99
Info: Road is clear and dry to the trailhead. Restroom is open, with no tp at all.
 
7/3/2021
Posted On: 7/5/2021 By: ltlFish99
Info: Clear and dry to the trailhead. Restroom is open, with no tp at all.
 
6/26/2021
Posted On: 6/28/2021 By: ltlFish99
Info: Road is a little muddy from the recent rain, but no big deal. Restroom is open, no tp at all.
 
6/19/2021
Posted On: 6/20/2021 By: ltlFish99
Info: Dry and clear to the trailhead. Restroom is open, but there is no tp at all.
 
6/12/2021
Posted On: 6/12/2021 By: ltlFish99
Info: Clear and dry to the trailhead. Toilet is open, and well stocked with tp.
 
5/29/2021
Posted On: 5/29/2021 By: ltlFish99
Info: Ouray county road 7 is clear and dry to the trailhead. Extremely small puddles with a little mud, nothing that would be an issue for anyone who wanted to get to this trailhead. Restroom is open no toilet paper. There is A LOT of snow on the trail to blue lakes.
 
12/9/2020
Posted On: 12/9/2020 By: ltlFish99
Info: Today, I attempted to get to the blue lakes trailhead. On Ouray county road 7 just past mile marker 4, they had the sign out stating that the road was closed to wheeled vehicles beyond that point. I tried to go a little further and had to stop about mile 5.25 as I was in pretty seep snow. So I just walked the road to the trailhead where there was about 12 to 15 inches of snow in the parking lot. The only "vehicle " at the trailhead was a snowmobile. I had snowshoes but did not need them as I followed the snowmobile tracks.
 
11/19/2020
Posted On: 11/19/2020 By: ltlFish99
Info: Yesterday, 11 18 2020 there was quite a bit of snow/ice on ouray county road 7, especially the last 2 miles before you get to the blue lakes trailhead. Coming back, later in the afternoon it had all turned to slush and mud. If they get more snow up there, I'll probably be parking before the trailhead.
 
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11/6/2020
Posted On: 11/6/2020 By: ltlFish99
Info: Ouray county road 7 is clear to the trailhead with very little snow or mud. Only in the last mile of the the road is actually wet.
 
10/24/2020
Posted On: 10/24/2020 By: ltlFish99
Info: Ouray county road 7 is dry to the trailhead. Restroom is still open, no tp.
 
9/16/2020
Posted On: 9/16/2020 By: ltlFish99
Info: Road is clear and dry all the way to the blue lakes trailhead. Restroom still open, no tp.
 
6/29/2020
Posted On: 6/29/2020 By: Askgeeves
Info: Road is washboarded on the gravel section. A car can make it though. went up over the weekend in a sedan no issues. Trail to Sneffels was clear of snow majority of the way.
 
6/5/2020
Posted On: 6/5/2020 By: ltlFish99
Info: Clear and dry to the trailhead. Restroom open with tp.
 

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