Emerald Lake Trail

Frommer's Review

This trail offers spectacular scenery on its route past Nymph and Dream lakes to its destination of Emerald Lake. The .5-mile hike to Nymph Lake is easy, climbing only 225 feet; from then on, the trail is rated moderate as it heads to Dream Lake (another .6 miles) and to Emerald Lake (another .7 miles), which is 605 feet higher than the starting point at Bear Lake. In addition to the mountain lakes, the views of the surrounding mountains are especially pretty when reflected in the surface of Nymph Lake, or when towering over Dream Lake. You walk among lodgepole and limber pines and fir, and in summer there's an abundance of wildflowers along the path between Nymph and Dream lakes. The starting elevation is 9,475 feet.

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