Rocky Mountain National Park

After our visit to Ft. Collins we decided to take advantage of our close proximity to Rocky Mountain National Park. We were both very excited to see this park and do some more hiking. Unfortunately our original plan to bisect the park and see the alpine scenery needed to be adjusted due to the weather. A fair amount of snow was falling in the higher elevations resulting in the closure of the main park road. We kept our travels to the lower elevations but were still able to play in the snow.

Elk

National Park Scenery

We drove to the Bear Lake Trailhead to hike to a series of lakes below the Tyndall Glacier. Initially the tail was pretty crowded but most people didn’t venture past Nymph Lake. We continued on to Dream Lake and eventually made it up to Emerald Lake. Emerald Lake was still ice covered and we were treated to blizzard. It would have been fun to have some skis and take advantage of the early summer snow.

Snowy Trail

Tyndall Glacier

Us at Dream Lake

Late Season Snowman at Dream Lake

Ice Covered Emerald Lake