At a Glance
Difficulty
Hard
Distance (one-way)
4.5 miles
Elevation
10,140 ft
Elevation Gain
N/A
Trailhead
Fern Lake TH
Park Area
Moraine Park / Cub Creek
Side of Divide
East
Coordinates
40.3393°N, 105.6934°W
Moraine Park / Cub Creek

Primrose Pond

Informal name; near Spruce/Loomis area · Informal name

Primrose Pond, Moraine Park / Cub Creek, Rocky Mountain National Park — 10140 ft elevation

About Primrose Pond

On the map, Primrose Pond belongs to the Moraine Park / Cub Creek section of Rocky Mountain National Park, at 10,140 feet on the east side of the Continental Divide. In this guide it is treated as a hard pond. The name is marked informal in the lake data.

Moraine Park and Cub Creek offer lower-elevation water, meadow, forest, and links into the Fern Lake system. The name is informal, and the setting is near Spruce/Loomis area. The approach from Fern Lake TH is 4.5 miles one-way and belongs in the hard tier for this guide.

NPS hiking tables list Cub Lake and Fern Lake as east-side hikes from different trailheads, and the trail system between them helps make this area more connected than a single out-and-back.

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