We had been holding on to some hikes in anticipation that Cynthia and Felix would be flying in to join us. So, we made reservations for timed entry into RMNP on the 4th, 6th, 9th and 11th of September. After we found out Cynthia and Felix were not coming, we made new plans. The reservation of the 4th we did not use since David had taken the truck to get the tailgate repaired. Today we decided to do an easy hike to acclimatize ourselves to hiking at high altitudes. The most scenic hike we could think of was around Bear Lake in RMNP. The trail is at 9,500 feet. We hit our timed entry at 12:30 and made our way to the Bear Lake parking lot. We were actually surprised to find we could get a parking spot given how many people were there to hike. The trail around bear lake is roughly 0.8 miles around the lake with 50 feet of elevation gain. We took the loop trail around the lake counter clockwise. It was a beautiful day with clear skies and cool temperatures. When we got back to the trail head, we decided to go back around clockwise this time for a total of 1.6 miles. We did not huff and puff too much during the hike so we were feeling good to try something more challenging in a couple of days. We then drove the Fall Creek one way Dirt Road up to the Alpine Visitor Center. We stopped at the Chasm Waterfall trail and walked down to the falls. We took the Trail Ridge road back to Elk Meadows. As we were pulling into the RV park there was a huge bull Elk in the field by the entrance!
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| Bear Lake |
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| Bear Lake |
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| Bear Lake |
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| Chasm Falls |
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| Fall Creek Road |
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| Bull Elk |
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