Bear Lake Colorado
This rustic campground has 14 campsites each with a table and fire ring.
Bear lake colorado. Bear lake is a scenic trailhead and destination in rocky mountain national park. Views of the nearby culebra mountain range with aspen and spruce forests offer campers a genuine colorado experience. Drive up to bear lake on the most famous road in rocky mountain national park.
The trail is primarily used for hiking walking nature trips and snowshoeing and is best used from march until november. Bear lake campground is located in the beautiful san isabel national forest at an elevation of 10 480 ft. The bear lake campground is located in the flat tops 11 miles outside of yampa colorado on forest service road 900 adjacent to bear river between yamcolo reservoir and stillwater reservoir.
Continental divide peaks tower above you. I really enjoyed this beautiful location and visited the lake and walked the. The nearby indian creek trailhead is a great starting point to explore the area by foot horse bike motorcycle or atv.
Bear lake nature trail closed is a 0 7 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near estes park colorado that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. Length 0 7 mi elevation gain 49 ft route type loop. Sitting at an elevation of 9 450 feet 2 880 m the alpine lake rests beneath the sheer flanks of hallett peak and the continental divide at 40 31324 n 105 648222 w.
Bear lake trailhead is your gateway to some of the best hikes in the park. The campground is composed of 2 loops in dense tree cover of engelmann spruce subalpine fir and a few aspen and lodgepole. Bear lake is a beautiful subalpine lake surrounded by pines aspen groves ablaze with color in early october and an easy accessible 0 5 mile 0 8k loop trail with essentially no elevation gain.
This 10 5 mile drive from the beaver meadows visitor center starts at 7 840 ft and climbs up to bear lake at 9 475 ft. Bear lake trailhead is the starting point for many of rmnp s most popular hikes including the easy 0 5 mile 0 8k loop around bear lake the 3 6 mile 5 8k roundtrip hike to emerald lake that also p. Due to the extreme popularity of the area you may want to consider using the free park shuttle to reach the trailhead during peak tourist season.