About Frozen Lake
On the map, Frozen Lake belongs to the Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor section of Rocky Mountain National Park, at 11,585 feet on the east side of the Continental Divide. In this guide it is treated as a hard lake.
It sits above Black Lake and is very remote. The approach from Glacier Gorge TH is 6.0 miles one-way and belongs in the hard tier for this guide. Glacier Gorge is one of the park's classic glacial valleys, with lakes stacked from lower forest to upper alpine basin. The distance and setting make this a plan-ahead destination, not a casual lake stop.
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.
