Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado, Wyoming
Sheep Lake
8.9 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 389 · trail class 3 · typical grade 8-10% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike
Trailhead Sheep Lake Trailhead Drive there
Quealy Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
The Quealy Lake Trailhead provides access to the Quealy Lake and Sheep Lake Trails in the high country of the Snowy Range. Accessing the trailhead requires a high clearance 4WD vehicle on Forest Road 103.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Sheep Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
reservation required
The Sheep Lake Trailhead has two locations. The north Trailhead is located adjacent to Deep Creek Campground. The south Trailhead is located adjacent to the the Brooklyn Lake Campground. The trail (#389) is 8.2 miles in length between the two campgrounds. The trail provides access to the Gap Lakes Trail (#108) about midway between the two campgrounds. Snow stays late and comes early at this high elevation trailhead.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
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.
