Justin Stewart
This ended up being one of my favorite hikes so far. A week after about 12-14" snow hit the area the trail was slick but easy to follow and get around. We made the loop from the lakes back around to Alberta Falls and it made for a wonderful morning hike. Once we passed Emerald Lake we didn't see another person for 2-3 hours, and it was the most peaceful thing I've done. Go support your Nat'l Parks and Get Outside.
5.0
This trail was a little more difficult than expected. Snow and Ice made passing others a little difficult in places, and convinced us to go buy shoe spikes. We pussed-out going to the top as you do have to navigate a fairly steep incline at the end. I had fun just being outside and enjoying the hike. It's about the trip there not the destination.
3.0
There are not a lot of views to see on this one until you get to the off-trail outcrop of rocks, but once there you can see for miles on an almost straight-down drop. If there's snow or ice bring spikes part of the trail is very steep. Nice quite trail that's strenuous but easy to navigate.
3.0
The views are totally worth the early morning (in the dark) hike up. Be sure to take warm clothes in the winter it's very windy. Try to be quite on your way back down in the morning and you may be as fortunate as we were and have a herd of deer cross the trail about 20-ft in front of you.
4.0
Our 1st Hike upon arriving in CO. It started snowing about an 0.5 miles up the trail and once we arrived at Gem Lake it was really coming down. Gem Lake was not much to look at but the trail there was easy and had plenty of great views along the way. We wanted to continue on, but w/o spikes it was beginning to get slippery. By the time we made it back down to the entrance it had snowed over 3-inches.
3.0
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