Fern Lake Trail

Fern Lake Trail is a 14.74-mile out-and-back foot trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. It climbs 2,469 ft to a high point of 10,664 ft. Difficulty: very strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Fern Lake Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park
Photo: KimonBerlin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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