Bear Lake–Bear Lake Stock Trail, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Bear Lake–Bear Lake Stock Trail, 4 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Beaver Point, CO. The route reaches Bear Lake. It climbs 692 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bear Lake–Bear Lake Stock Trail, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 9,384–9,779 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: Bear Lake Road · 40.31183, -105.64262
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Glacier Gorge stop 257 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bear Lake Stock Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Bear Lake.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bear Lake Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Bear Lake-Bierstadt Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right onto Mill Creek Basin Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bierstadt Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Bear Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Creek Basin Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bear Lake-Bierstadt Trail, heading W.
- 1 miBear right onto Bear Lake Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bear Lake Stock Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Glacier Gorge stop 257 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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