Gazing at a blue-green alpine lake can make you feel thirsty down to the roots of your soul, especially if you've hiked all day over rugged terrain for the privilege of seeing it. It's not often ...

Rocky Mountain National Park requires a timed-entry reservation ... head back to the trailhead and follow the trail to Emerald Lake. This 3.5-mile roundtrip hike fits in a ton of incredible ...

Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the highest national parks ... and hop on the free summer shuttle to the trailhead. The Emerald Lake hike also begins at the Bear Lake Trailhead, but tends ...

Because the story is based on Google searches, it also ranks the most popular hiking trails in each park. No surprise that Emerald Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park is the most searched.

Rocky Mountain National park weather varies greatly throughout ... Nymph, Dream, and Emerald Lake Hike: Starting at Bear Lake Trailhead, this hike follows Tyndall Creek on a 3.2-mile trek, graded ...

Ask any regular visitor and they'll tell you—choosing the best hikes in Rocky Mountain National ... visit the Bear Lake Corridor. As one of the most popular trails in the park, the wheelchair ...

Horace Albright, director of the National Park ... lower than both Estes Park and Grand Lake. Most travelers call Trail Ridge Road a must-do while in Rocky Mountain National Park.

In June, I explored Rocky Mountain National Park for the first time ... After a brief stroll around Bear Lake Loop, we spent the rest of our morning hiking to Lake Haiyaha and Emerald Lake. Under ...

here are nine must-do trails to hike at Rocky Mountain National Park. Keep in mind that in April, there's snow at high elevations. If you plan to hike on Earth Day, trails such as Chasm Lake, Sky ...

Perhaps it was hubris for Rocky Mountain National Park’s founders to name this alpine reserve as if it was the ne plus ultra of a 3,000-mile-long mountain range. Then again, ask anyone to picture the ...