Hiking – RMNP - Glacier Gorge TH - Mills Lake via Glacier Gorge Trail

Enjoy a beautiful hike in RMNP from either Bear Lake or Glacier Gorge along Glacier Creek to Mills Lake and on to Jewel Lake.  We will pass refreshing Alberta Falls and Glacier Falls on this 6.4 RT hike where we will enjoy spectacular views of the Keyboard of the Winds, Chief's Head, Thatchtop, and Longs Peak.  Here we will take our lunch break before returning along this same trail to Bear Lake.  We can take the bus back to the shuttle lot, then carpool back to the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.  Please bring your essentials, water, lunch, raingear, and sturdy hiking boots.  Rideshare is $8-10 from JJ's or JAX.  

There are 3 meeting locations, depending on where you come from:  1) JJ's Corner Store (NE edge of lot), 4015 S. Taft Hill Rd., Ft. Collins, at 6:45 a.m.,   2) JAX parking lot (SE edge), 2665 W. Eisenhower Blvd., Loveland, at 7:00 a.m.,  or 3) Beaver Meadows Visitor Center (far west end of lot), 1000 U.S. Hwy. 36, at 7:50 a.m.   We will carpool from here to the Bear Lake shuttle lot.  Leaders have timed entry permits.  PLEASE let Anita Wright know which meeting location you will be at (970-222-5920 or adwright2001@yahoo.com).