Gem Lake Trail

Gem Lake Trail is a 8.44-mile out-and-back foot trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. It climbs 1,089 ft to a high point of 8,836 ft. Difficulty: strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

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

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