About Spruce Lake
Spruce Lake has its own place in the Moraine Park / Cub Creek landscape: a hard lake at 9,673 feet. It sits on the east side of the Continental Divide.
It lies near Loomis Lake in forested terrain. Moraine Park and Cub Creek offer lower-elevation water, meadow, forest, and links into the Fern Lake system. The useful details are specific and practical: where it sits, how it is reached, and what kind of commitment it asks for.
NPS wilderness-site data also lists Spruce Lake in the Bear Lake Area: 4.6 miles from the trailhead, 1,520 feet of elevation change, an average snow-free date of June 24, and a site elevation of 9,670 feet.
🚫 No restroom at the Fern Lake TH trailhead — plan accordingly. Restrooms are available at the Moraine Park Complex lot, approx. 0.5 miles before this trailhead.
