Bierstadt Lake Trail via Bear Lake-Bierstadt Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 907 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Bierstadt Lake Trail via Bear Lake-Bierstadt Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Beaver Point, CO. It climbs 907 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bierstadt Lake Trail via Bear Lake-Bierstadt Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 907 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 8,704–9,599 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: 40.32050, -105.60890
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 53° · precip 10% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Sprague Lake Bus Stop stop 414 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Bierstadt Moraine Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Bierstadt Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bear Lake-Bierstadt Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Bierstadt Lake Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Bierstadt Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bierstadt Moraine Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Sprague Lake Bus Stop stop 414 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bierstadt Moraine Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 764 ft
- Bierstadt Moraine Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 338 ft
- Bierstadt Lake Viewpoint & Bierstadt Lake via Bierstadt Moraine Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 793 ft
- Boulder Brook Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,597 ft
- Glacier Creek Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 523 ft
- Storm Pass Trail & Wind River Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,168 ft
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