Bierstadt Lake Viewpoint & Bierstadt Lake via Bierstadt Moraine Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 793 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Bierstadt Lake Viewpoint & Bierstadt Lake via Bierstadt Moraine Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Beaver Point, CO. The route passes Bierstadt Lake before reaching Bierstadt Lake Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 793 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bierstadt Lake Viewpoint & Bierstadt Lake via Bierstadt Moraine Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 793 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 8,704–9,480 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: 40.32050, -105.60890
Weather Sep 4: 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.
- 1 miPass Bierstadt Lake.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 200 ftReach Bierstadt Lake Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 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: 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
- Boulder Brook Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,597 ft
- Bierstadt Lake Trail via Bear Lake-Bierstadt Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 907 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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