We were hiking the middle of May and the reservations opened up the 1st of May. However if you are doing your research you will be well informed about this fact. – Note that you will need a trail permit which can be found here.Like so many beautiful spots that got overwhelmed and spoiled by too many people, the hike to Hanging Lake is by reservation only. – Definetely make add-on to Spouting Rock, well worth it, even if you are short on time, which will be another 15 minutes one-way. The elevation gain is 320 meters or 1.050 feet. – The trail is a little about 5 kms (or 3 miles) return, the trip up and down took us about 2 hrs (without stops).
#HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO FULL#
When the parking lot is full there is no overflow parking area. – Try to avoid the crowds by heading out early or during weekdays. – The trailhead is located 10 miles east of Glenwood Springs, take exit 8 on I-70 to get there.
Here are our tips and tricks for hiking to Hanging Lake in Colorado: If you are ever in Colorado, make sure to make this hike a total priority, to date hiking to Hanging Lake was definitely one of our favorite outdoor activities on our trip! Although it was just a short visit, this trail will be in our memories forever and will always be one of my personal favorites! I just did not expect to see such a masterpiece of beauty up at the trail end. And nope, I’ve never fed one, don’t worry about that!Īfter that, we kind of had to rush down again and make our way over to Moab for the rest of the afternoon. In Holland, we don’t get squirrels, so I always get super excited when I see one. Here we cooled down underneath another waterfall for a bit and played with some squirrels. It was a little bit further only but totally gorgeous, too. Just when we were about to start our descent again, another visitor told us that we should hike up Spouting Rock, a bit further up on the trail. When we made the last steps on the natural stairs up, this magnificent piece of nature opened up in front of us:Īfter we took plenty of pictures while trying to avoid the crowds, we just sat down for a while and enjoyed the beauty.
We had seen pictures of the end of the trail before but yet this didn’t prepare us for the magic we were about to see. Apparently, not many people hike with poles, at least not on this trail … We only had a limited amount of time on this trail as we still needed to drive out to Moab the same day so we brought our hiking poles, drawing lots of attention from our fellow hikers.
It was a great walk, not too hard (definitely not strenuous) and we were up quick enough, in less than an hour, but we walked in a pretty swift pace. Up, up and more up, it was just about always up. Through a lush forest, along a crystal clear stream and across huge boulders. After finding a parking spot with our large SUV (which can be a real challenge during the weekends) we put on our hiking boots and up we went. Lonely Planet describes hiking to Hanging Lake as strenuous and steep so we knew were up for something. (Confession: I took this off the internet, I could never have written this myself with my tourist-English…). “Hanging Lake is a rare example of a lake formed by travertine deposition where the natural geologic and hydro-logic processes continue to operate as they have done throughout the history of the lake.” Find more information on the Colorado website. Unfortunately, at the time of updating this article is is closed due to mudslides and may or may not reopen in 2022.
I’m talking about hiking to Hanging Lake near Glenwood Spring in Colorado. This post is about one of the best hikes in Colorado that I did during my trip.
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