Pueblo Lake State Park

I decid­ed to get away this week­end to do some camp­ing, hik­ing, and fish­ing at Lake Pueblo State Park in South­ern Col­orado. Lake Pueblo is a reser­voir that damns the Arkansas Riv­er for hydro­elec­tric­i­ty and agri­cul­tur­al use, along with pro­vid­ing recre­ation­al fishing. 

With sev­er­al trails along the park, I decid­ed to hike 13 miles of them. I rec­om­mend­ed pack­ing extra water, elec­trolyte pow­der, socks, and sun­block through the park’s hot and arid con­di­tions. There is no cov­er on the trails except for the park bench­es, but water sta­tions at the camp­grounds refill your packs. 

Also, the park is sus­cep­ti­ble to high winds being on the front range. Ensure that your camp­ground is secured, or you will sore­ly regret it. I had to wake up in the mid­dle of the night, throw­ing all my gear into the tent. I would also make sure your camp­fire is com­plete­ly out before turn­ing it in for the night. The con­di­tions out along the front range are extreme­ly dry. For aspects of fish­ing, not much I can report. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, I did more nature watch­ing than fish­ing. Regard­less, it was a good trip and I would vis­it again. 

May 9, 2022

Posted in Lifestyle and tagged Camping, Fishing, Hiking.