Lake Estes Marina

I HAD SO MUCH FUN!
We rented a 7 person maroon for 4 of us, because they counted a 15lb service dog as a passenger. It was more expensive, but I completely enjoyed driving the boat around while my family fished (I think it’s mean, friends not food, blah blah woof woof insert my irrelevant opinions here). The total came out to be about $ 45ish per hour.
Although it stalled out easily going from N to F or R, the boat was well maintained, easy to steer despite the surprisingly strong currents in the lake with a decent speed. (We had the yellow top one). It also had a decent turn radius which I played with by doing donuts in the water, thus likely moving all the fish away from us. — we were out for an hour and it started to rain heavily, so I brought us back to the dock. This place actually cares for your safety and closes down in rain/​storms, which I respect.
It was an enjoyable time, for sure, and I have full intentions on coming back… Next time I’d like to rent a kayak, which is also available along with paddle boats, bikes, and even two person peddle cars.
Staff was friendly and helpful too. However, tip for your tip needs: bring your own sunscreen or pay $ 14 for theirs. Too many dollars for spray crap, but thus is the universal price of convenience due to lack of planning.
The end.

We had a great time at this lake. We got a slip for two nights so we didn’t have to take the boat in and out every day. It was only 15 bucks a night which seemed pretty reasonable.
The staff was helpful enough to answer some questions on how to catch fish up there and we caught a rainbow trout trolling on our first day! It’s a tiny lake and you have to go pretty slow, but it was a nice mellow weekend and I would do it again in a heart beat.
Say «Hi» to Denali for us!

Lake is beautiful. Boats are very nice and dock workers very helpful and polite. Check in could use some more friendly workers, though!

Has a 10 minute staging area where 4 boats can launch at the same time. Nice clean dirt circular turn around, next door to The Estes Park Resort.