Essentials to • Water • Topographic Map & Compass Carry • Rain Gear • Flashlight Bear Lake Area Hiking • Extra Food • Waterproof Matches • Hat & Dark Glasses • Pocket Knife • First Aid Kit • Whistle

Leave No Trace • Plan ahead and prepare • Minimize campfire impacts • Travel and camp on durable • Fires may be restricted or surfaces banned as conditions require • Dispose of waste properly • Respect wildlife • Leave what you find where • Be considerate of other visitors you find it

High Country • High elevations can cause altitude sickness and may aggravate Survival existing medical conditions; use caution. Craggy peaks and stunning lakes reward visitors to the montane ecosystem of • Stay together as a hiking party. Don’t separate; keep children Moraine Park and the subalpine ecosystem of Bear Lake. Short trails from Bear with the family or group. Lake connect to higher lakes – Nymph, Dream, and Emerald. Flattop Mountain, • Stay on the trail. Shortcutting causes erosion. and Cub, Fern, and Odessa Lakes may also be reached via trails from Bear Lake or • Wear sturdy foot gear. A hike in this environment requires good Moraine Park. ankle support and a treaded sole. • Pack extra water and snacks. Traveling in high elevations, Free shuttle buses operate through the summer along the upper requires lots of water. Don’t drink from streams or lakes Shuttle Buses parts of Bear Lake Road. Please refer to your park newspaper without treating the water! or check at a visitor center for current bus schedules. Bear Lake • Alway take a rain parka; thunderstorms come up quickly. corridor buses may be accessed by parking at Park & Ride. • In the event of a lightning storm, get below treeline quickly. Bear Lake Route Mountain In preparation for hiking, visitors from lower elevations should Buses leave from Park & Ride going to Bear Lake with stops at Trailhead and Glacier Gorge Junction. Hiking take a couple of days to adjust to the park’s high altitude before doing strenuous hikes. Drinking lots of water and taking short, easy hikes under two miles long are suggested. Moraine Park Route Buses leave from Bus Stop going to Park & Ride with stops at Cub Lake Trailhead, Moraine Park Pets, • No pets are allowed on trails; pets are permitted along Campground, Moraine Park Museum and Tuxedo Park. Wildlife, roadways and parking lots, but must be closely leashed. Strollers • Strollers are permitted only on the nature trails around Sprague Hiker Shuttle and Bear lakes. Buses leave from Estes Park Visitor Center going to Park & • Do not approach or feed wildlife. Ride with a brief stop at the Beaver Meadows Vistor Center. January, 2009 Park information is available at 970-586-1206 or on-line at www.nps.gov/romo Bus schedules: Please check at an entrance gate, visitor center, EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ or Park & Ride for current shuttle bus schedules. To Beaver Meadows To Entrance Moraine Park Bear Lake Corridor Trails Campground 36 C Loop

LEGEND Fern Lake TH Beaver Meadows .8 Moraine Park Cub Lake TH Visitor Center 1.7 Visitor Center Roads .3 The Pool .4 .2 2.0 2.0 Horses/ Hikers Trails .4 2.2 1.0 Spruce Lake Cub Lake Hollowell Park Tuxedo Park Hikers Only Trails N .9 Loomis Lake 1.5 1.7 1.5 Trail Mileage Fern Lake Shuttle Bus Stop .7 Park & Ride Glacier Basin Odessa Lake Campground 1.1 Bierstadt Lake 1.5 1.1 Destination Miles Gain 2.0 HIGH Elevations: Notchtop Mountain 1.3 (One way from nearest trailhead) 1.5 Bear Lake is at a *Alberta Falls 0.8 160' .7 1.4 Tonahutu Lake Helene Sprague lofty 9475’ elevation, Bear Lake 0.5 20' .5 Trail Bear Lake 1.9 and most trails Lake Bierstadt Bierstadt Lake 1.6 566' ascend higher! 3.5 Dream .6 Cub Lake 2.3 540' Emerald Lake .5 1.9 Lake .7 1.1 425' Flattop Mtn Nymph Glacier Gorge Lake 5.8 (12,324') 1.1 .8 Emerald Lake 1.8 605' Alberta Falls Fern Lake 3.8 1,375' Lake Haiyaha 2.3 .9 Flattop Mtn. 4.4 2,849' 2.1 Lake Haiyaha 2.1 745' .5 3.0 Otis Peak .9 Estes Cone Mill Ck Basin 1.6 600' The Loch .6 *Mills Lake 2.8 750' Mills Lake Storm Pass North Inlet Andrews .6 .4 1.3 Nymph Lake 0.5 225' Trail Glacier Jewel Lake 0.5 20' .8 To 3.1 990' Ranger Station *The Loch Lake of Glass 2.9 The Pool 1.7 245' Sky Pond 2.2

*All Glacier Gorge trails can be accessed from Bear Lake To Longs Peak Black Lake To Boulderfield Ranger Station