Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado, Wyoming

Seven Lakes

7.9 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 1125.1 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Trailhead Seven Lakes Trailhead Drive there

Seven Lakes Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

$5/vehicle/day

Fee trailhead at popular Big Creek Lakes Recreation Area. One mile interpretive trail leads to upper Big Creek Lake. Trails beyond lead to Big Creek Falls and Seven Lakes area of Mount Zirkel Wilderness. Please refer to the Wilderness regulations. Trailhead includes limited pull through parking for horse trailers, a small horse corral, and outhouse.

Restrictions Dogs on leash on Red Elephant Interpretive Trail.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.