Deep Creek Campground, Medicine Bow-Routt

Deep Creek Campground is located near Sand Lake at an elevation just over 10,000 feet. The summers are cool and autumn is brief. Winter comes early and stays late. Campground facilities include 11 small campsites, one pull through site, picnic tables, toilets, drinking water and fire rings. This is a pack-it-in, pack-it-out campsite; there is no trash service in the area. For hiking, the Rock Creek Trail and Sheep Lake Trail are nearby, and the Crater Lake Trail provides a short hike to a beautiful lake, though boats must be carried a short distance to reach it. The Snowy Range contains a network of hiking trails suitable for day hiking and for extended, backcountry trips, and streams and over 100 lakes in the area provide a variety of challenging recreational-fishing opportunities. Popular attractions near this campground include Silver Lake, Lake Marie Falls, Mirror Lake, Medicine Bow Peak Trail, French Creek Canyon Trail and Miners Cabin Trail. Winter activities in the area include snowshoeing and skiing. Sand Lake, in close proximity to the campground, is 92 acres in size with a maximum depth of 15 feet. It is stocked by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and supports brook trout, rainbow trout and splake, a hybrid of a male brook trout and female lake trout. Use of live-bait fish is prohibited in lakes and streams within the Forest.