Read the full text of Carhart’s “Memorandum for Mr. Leopold, District 3.” The Trappers Lake Lodge stocks “A History of the Upper White River Country” by Ricki Buckles for sale and perusal. The ...

I found Trappers Lake breathtaking the first time I saw it, nearly a decade ago. It took my breath away again in early September, but this time it wasn’t the signature squared-off mountain and deep ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... FLAT TOPS WILDERNESS AREA — It must have been a sight to behold. Colorado undoubtedly had seen bigger wildfires, even bigger blazes during that very summer ...

As backcountry lodges go, Trappers Lake Lodge hardly boasted the size or majesty of the grand old structures gracing Grand Canyon or Yellowstone national parks. It was perhaps only 30 by 40 feet in ...

When my wife and I first visited Trappers Lake last year, we had no idea that the landscape of our lives would be changing as dramatically as that around the lake itself, following the Big Fish fire ...

GARFIELD COUNTY - It's easy getting lost. At least that's what I was told upon finally arriving at Trappers Lake Lodge and Resort. The drive from Colorado Springs to this remote spot in the Flat Tops ...

Beautiful Trappers Lake has been called "the Cradle of Wilderness" due to its role in sparking our nation's wilderness movement. Photo courtesy of Bradleyboulder via Wikimedia Commons The Local ...

Even if the fish aren’t biting, mountain-ringed Trappers Lake on the northwest side of the Flattops Wilderness Area is worth the trip for scenery alone. But the fish are biting, with native cutthroat ...