Wyoming trails · Quealy Reservoir Spur
Quealy Reservoir Spur
A 11.6-mile out-and-back in Wyoming, with 1,288 ft of climbing. Reaches Cascade Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by USFS 020602.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the middle third — 59% of the ascent, between mile 3.9 and mile 7.7. It gives back about 984 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Cascade Lake (lake)
- North Twin Lake (lake)
- Ryan Brothers Lake (lake)
- South Twin Lake (lake)
- Keystone Reservoir (lake)
- Wiant Reservoir (lake)
- Dipper Lake (lake)
Getting there
DIPPER LAKE — parking nearby. About 1 h 43 min drive (50 mi, 4 of them unpaved) from Laramie. 41.36509, -106.34902 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:48 a.m., the sun rises at 7:15 a.m. and sets at 6:26 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:54 p.m. (MDT) — 11 h 10 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 23.2-mile round trip takes roughly 9 h 52 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 5:08 p.m. — 1 h 18 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Lost-Glacier Lakes — 5.4 mi