Below is a list of hiking trails in rocky mountain national park based on difficulty rating and ranked from easiest to hardest hikes.

Rocky mountain national park hiking trails. If you are new to the park consult with rangers at the visitor centers and backcountry office. With more than 350 miles of trails meandering throughout the park rocky mountain is widely known as a hikers paradise. A park favorite this hike to a mountain pond travels through woods that blaze with color in the fall. The view of longs peak and the keyboard of the winds from mills lake is one of rockys finest.

Instead of glacier gorge we started from the bear lake trailhead and hiked to nymph dream and emerald lakes lake haiyaha mills and jewel lakes before arriving at the loch after passing alberta falls for the final 12 mile of the hike we had the option of hiking to glacier gorge downhill trail then taking the shuttle bus to bear lake or hiking to bear lake uphill trail. Encompassing more than 265000 acres and with more than sixty peaks topping out at more than 12000 feet rocky mountain national park is home to some of the most spectacular scenery on earth. They can provide advice about trails which are appropriate to different fitness and experience levels. Our favorite hikes include everything from family friendly trails to challenging summit attempts offering a scenic feast of high altitude lakes waterfalls and of course.

Hiking is the most popular activity in the park so weve compiled a list of the best hikes throughout rocky mountain national park to help you plan your daily adventures.