At a Glance
Difficulty
Hard
Distance (one-way)
4.8 miles
Elevation
11,385 ft
Elevation Gain
N/A
Trailhead
Glacier Gorge TH
Park Area
Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor
Side of Divide
East
Coordinates
40.2884°N, 105.6793°W
Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor

Andrews Tarn

Below Taylor Peak

Andrews Tarn, Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor, Rocky Mountain National Park — 11385 ft elevation

About Andrews Tarn

On the map, Andrews Tarn belongs to the Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor section of Rocky Mountain National Park, at 11,385 feet on the east side of the Continental Divide. In this guide it is treated as a hard tarn.

Glacier Gorge is one of the park's classic glacial valleys, with lakes stacked from lower forest to upper alpine basin. It sits below Taylor Peak. The approach from Glacier Gorge TH is 4.8 miles one-way and belongs in the hard tier for this guide.

NPS trail tables show Glacier Gorge as the starting point for Alberta Falls, Mills Lake, Black Lake, The Loch, Sky Pond, and Andrews Glacier, so lakes here often sit on routes that continue well beyond a single shoreline.

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