Black Lake hike

Our hike to black Lake yesterday was spectacular. It was five miles up to timberline to the lake with about 1,400 feet of elevation gain. We started at the Bear Lake parking area in Rocky Mountain National Park. I had done this hike two times before with Leon in January (some 20+ years ago) for purposes of ice climbing. The area certainly looked different in the summer.

We stopped and had lunch on this nice ledge by the lake and enjoyed the wonderful views and smell of the forest. We could see the fish jumping in the lake and a couple times I could see the rainbow trout swimming in the shallows on the edge of the lake.

The trail was well maintained by the Park Service but it sure didn't make the hiking any easier. This trail was moderate + I would say. We all had a great time during out 2.5 hour hike up and 2.5 hour hike down. I would highly recommend this trail to anyone in good shape, and say; "take your camera!"