Rainbow Falls Mountain Trout Rec Area

Ice racing in the winter

Absolutely amazing! I left from Colorado Springs and was headed back to Denver, when a local Fly Shop in Colorado Springs had advised me to come up to this area if I wanted some good fly fishing. Well if you know an angler that here's about a honey hole, and they don't jump on it, anyways absolutely gorgeous, one thing to note though the bathrooms don't have toilet paper, so remember folks you are out in the middle of nowhere! Secondly, you will not get cell phone reception!! Fly fishing is known as the quiet sport......... Yes it's nice to go tubing down the river and yes it's nice to stay up late and party and then get up well after the sun comes up. But remember to be considerate towards all of those that are camping, or in some cases are actually doing old school fly fishing.

Not bad, but local deputy claimed only a few days of camping allowed due to high crime rate. We got permission to stay 7 days, even though he indicated Colorado residents were the only ones allowed to camp. Knowing Forest service regs say otherwise, we remained polite and respectful of Deputy McGowen, Douglas County Sheriff department.

Love this place...