At a Glance
Difficulty
Hard
Distance (one-way)
5.5 miles
Elevation
11,145 ft
Elevation Gain
N/A
Trailhead
Glacier Gorge TH
Park Area
Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor
Side of Divide
East
Coordinates
40.2679°N, 105.6317°W
Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor

Blue Lake

Upper Glacier Gorge basin

Blue Lake, Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor, Rocky Mountain National Park — 11145 ft elevation

About Blue Lake

Blue Lake has its own place in the Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor landscape: a hard lake at 11,145 feet. It sits on the east side of the Continental Divide.

It is in the upper Glacier Gorge basin. Glacier Gorge is one of the park's classic glacial valleys, with lakes stacked from lower forest to upper alpine basin. The useful details are specific and practical: where it sits, how it is reached, and what kind of commitment it asks for.

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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