Easy Trails

Easy trails are generally short and relatively level. They should be accessible to nearly everyone.

Adams Falls

Alberta Falls

Balanced Rock

Bear Lake Loop

An easy walk around a high-mountain lake with peak views. Tucked into the spruce/fir forest at the base of Hallett Peak and Flattop Mountain, this 0.6-mile loop is one of Rocky's most famous trails .Unlike other trails listed as accessible by the Park, Bear Lake is not... [more]

Bierstadt Lake

A level walk through forest, with Continental Divide views.

Big Meadows

Black Canyon Trail

This trail intersects the Cow Creek Trail, and forms part of the Gem lake loop.

Calypso Cascades

Cameron Connection

This trail connects the Cameron Pass parking area with the Zimmerman Lake parking area. From Cameron pass, ski or snowshoe from the northeast corner of the parking area following the blue diamonds. From the Zimmerman Lake parking area, carefully cross Highway 14 near the eastern parking lot entrance to find... [more]

Chapin Pass

Coyote Valley

Kawuneeche, the Arapaho word for coyote, was the name given to this gentle valley of the Upper Colorado River. Elk and moose are sometimes sighted from the one-mile trail, especially during the early morning and early evening hours.

Cub Lake

Dream Lake

Emerald Lake

Most popular destination in Bear Lake area. Start early!

Fern Falls

Steep Falls among a jumble of downed timber provides a refreshing mist in the summer heat.

Forest Canyon Pass

Gem Lake

"The shallow waters of Gem Lake are cradled high among the rounded granite domes of Lumpy Ridge. Untouched by glaciation, this outcrop of 1.8 billion-year-old granite has been sculpted by wind and chemical erosion into a backbone-like ridge. Signs of these erosional forces--pillars, potholes, and balanced rocks--appear midway along the... [more]

Jewel Lake

Joe Wright - Winter

Easy figure-eight trail around Joe Wright Reservoir.

Lake Estes

Lake Estes in the town of Estes Park is ringed by a lovely, wide, paved path that meanders through a bird sanctuary, beside a golf course, along the Big Thompson River and Fish Creek, through the lakeside picnic area and along the lakeshore. Wonderful for strolling, biking, dog walking, birding,... [more]

Lake Irene

The Lake Irene area allows visitors access to a close-in picnic and scenic recreation area as they traverse Trail Ridge Road. There's a trail to an overlook past Lake Irene, eight picnic sites (three are accessible for people with disabilities) and a weather station that reports the temperature.... [more]

Lily Lake

Enos Mills, the "father of Rocky Mountain National Park," enjoyed walking to Lily Lake from his nearby cabin. Check along the mile-long trail through this relatively low-elevation area for wildflowers in the spring and early summer.

Lily Mountain

Michigan Ditch - Winter

This trail is great for beginners as well as providing beautiful scenery. The trail starts on Routt National Forest and crosses into Colorado State Forest State Park. Follow the ditch road as far as you wish, but at the 3 mile mark you will be faced with a... [more]

Mill Creek Basin

Mills Lake

This trail offers dramatic views of Glacier Gorge from the lake shore.

Nymph Lake

Ouzel Falls

Sprague Lake

Abner Sprague homesteaded in this area more than a century ago and created a trout pond by damming a stream. Sprague also undoubtedly appreciated the breathtaking views of the Continental Divide, which are best seen from this half-mile-long trail at the far end of the lake..An accessible backcountry camping site... [more]

The Loch

The Pool

A large pool, surrounded by steep rock walls, in the Big Thompson River.

The Pool in the Winter

"The Pool is a turbulent water pocket formed below the confluences of Spruce and Fern Creeks with the Big Thompson River. The winter route is along a gravel road, which soon narrows to a trail at the Fern Lake Trailhead. While hiking this relatively flat trail along the Big Thompson... [more]

Tombstone Ridge

An easy tundra walk with stunning views.

Upper Beaver Meadows in the Winter

"Upper Beaver Meadows offers two hiking routes--the road which winds along the north side of Beaver Creek for two miles (3.2 km) and a trail that leaves the dirt road on the left, just inside the barricade. The trail crosses the stream and runs along the south side of the... [more]

Valley Trail

Easy loop through the Kawuneechee Valley.

West Creek Falls

Windy Gulch Cascades

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