Fishing · NW Larimer County
Bellaire Lake
Our favorite corner is behind the granite outcropping — shady, and it holds fish.
Toggle USGS Topo / Terrain / Satellite / Street (top-right) · red = special-regulation water, confirm current rules · waters © CPW Colorado Fishing Atlas
A high, cold, tree-ringed lake in the hills above Red Feather Lakes — part of the Bellaire Lake State Wildlife Area in the Roosevelt National Forest, at roughly 8,600 feet. It is one of the most-loved trout lakes in Northwest Larimer County: easy to reach, pretty as anything, and friendly to families and first-timers as well as folks who know exactly which cove they are headed for.
Chris and I fish the far side, behind the granite rock outcropping you can see across the water. It is shady over there through the heat of the day and it holds fish. Plenty of people never leave the boardwalk on the near shore, though — and they do just fine. There is room here for everybody.
The Water
Elevation
~8,600 ft
Type
Stocked trout lake
Good for
Families & ice fishing
Access
Easy walk-in
Good to Know
- A valid Colorado fishing license is required, and standard statewide regulations apply — always confirm the current rules before you fish.
- Family-friendly, with a boardwalk on the near shore and easy walk-in access.
- Fishes well through the winter once it locks up. This is national-forest / CPW water, where ice fishing is allowed — unlike Larimer County’s Front Range reservoirs. Check the ice, and never go out alone.
- Part of the Bellaire Lake State Wildlife Area in the Roosevelt National Forest.
At the Water
Photos © Red Feather Lakes Travel Guide — shot on the water.
What’s Biting & What’s Stocked
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Fishing details compiled by the Red Feather Lakes Travel Guide from the sources above. Photography by us — more of our own water images coming as we fish them.