Chicago Lakes & Lake Edith

[1freaky1]

Heading up there this morning after I pick up my oldest son @ 8:30am, Neither of us has ever been to either so we thought about making a day of it before he has to go to work. I am taking the truck cause don't know what the roads are like smooth, rough. or wheeling.

Has anyone else been to these lakes and if so is the fishing any good?

[Brody]

Front Range

The Mount Evans Wilderness Area (WA) is only a few miles from Denver. Summit Lake sits in a cirque beside the paved road leading to the top of Evans. It's possible to be fishing less than an hour after leaving home. This small but deep lake has rainbows. At an elevation of 12,800 feet, the lake is often not open until late-July.
A few feet north of Summit Lake lies a glacially carved valley drained by Chicago Creek. The valley has a string of three Chicago Lakes that hold cutthroat trout. Even though they are near 12,000 feet they offer an easy backpack trip. Park a car on SH 103 at the road to Idaho Springs Reservoir. Park another at Summit Lake and do a downhill hike, taking time to catch a few cutts and stay overnight. It's about a five-mile trip on a clear but unmarked trail. The Forest Service charges $6 per vehicle to use the Mount Evans road and it's good for three days.


Expect a hike for the actual lake fishing, though there is some just off the summit.

[1freaky1]

Thanks Pete,

We got up to the 2 roads that lead to these lakes and both are private roads meaning the only way into Chicago Lakes is the route Pete stated above and Lake Edith is a privately owned lake. So end result we decided to go wheeling instead and what the club has been calling Barbour Fork trail is actually Devil's Canyon trail, Barbour is out of Idaho Springs on a different road #194 which includes trail #s 194.2, 194.2A-D, And Devil's Canyon is off #103(Chicago Creek Road or Mount Evans Road) by Ponder Point overlook #246.1, 246.1A-C.

[Rob]

what the club has been calling Barbour Fork trail is actually Devil's Canyon trail,

??? We were just there on the cleanup runs a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure my group was on Barbour Fork and Ash's group was on Devil's Canyon.

[1freaky1]

Rob are you really certain? LOL




Actually that was my memory blooper acting up!

[Brody]

??? We were just there on the cleanup runs a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure my group was on Barbour Fork and Ash's group was on Devil's Canyon.


We were on the right trails. I deleted the other "mix up" post to save Sean some embarrassment......

[Rob]

Actually that was my memory blooper acting up!

:) Just making sure it wasn't my memory. It does strange things sometimes. ;)