Dream Lake

Lake · Larimer County

Dream Lake

Lake · Larimer County

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Colorado 80517

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Nestled among steep cliffs, this high-altitude lake in Rocky Mountain National Park offers breathtaking sunrise views and a rewarding hiking experience.  

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"You’ll want to rise early for the chance to see this Rocky Mountain lake at sunrise, with golden light pouring into the canyon and bathing the waters in a rosy glow. While it’s an especially popular hike in the summer, the views of the snow-capped Hallett Peak are especially photogenic in winter."

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Grace

Google
Incredible views pictures can't do it justice! Moderate hike, mostly uphill. Family friendly. Need a National Park Pass and a timed entry. Leave no trace. Keep Colorado Beautiful 💚

Nelly F Kembaren

Google
Must visit the lake in Bear Lake area. The trail is a bit challenging and probably needs an hour more after you reach Nymph Lake. Mostly it's incline and has lots of stairs you need to be prepared. We took a couple of times resting and almost gave up but we made it! And it was such an incredible experience. The view also made it worthy.

Juliane P

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The hike up here has quite the incline and a lot of stairs. We‘re not very fit and don‘t have a lot of hiking experience but still made it up easily and took a couple of little photo breaks to rest. Once you‘re all the way there the view is absolutely stunning and rewarding. Great if you‘re not usually a hiker but wanna do hiking and feel accomplished while visiting the Park!

Janhavi Patil

Google
1.1 mile easy hike with 100m elevation from the Bear lake parking lot. Best place to see sunrise, and the mountains lit up orange during sunrise. There was Nymph lake with flowers on its surface too, this was around half way to Dream lake.

Alanna

Google
About a 1 mile hike from the parking lot. I would say this is a moderate trail but only because of the elevation. It's not incredibly steep or challenging but wow do you lose your breath. Tons of chipmunks hanging around that were adorable and the view was amazing

Ally Rosenberry

Google
We hiked into numerous Alpine Lakes while visiting the Rockies, including making the trek to Sky Pond but Dream Lake was definitely my favorite! The hike was easy, we wished we had spikes but it was doable as long as we were careful. We wore Alpine climbing boots, I wouldn't recommend wearing tennis shoes. The trail is not going to get any less icy anytime soon. Super gorgeous!

Rithwik Siddartha Nettem

Google
Oh god…. Trust me it’s worth the trail that was an awesome trail that I had yesterday. Trail full of jaw dropping locations where you can feel the nature.

Miranda Schleifer

Google
Beautiful place. There's a little walk to get there which is not hard. You are high in elevation so take rests and lots of water. It's very peaceful when you get there you can't hear anything except people hiking.