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| Fern Falls, RMNP | Parked just east of the Fern Lake trailhead, where there was room in a lot at the Fern Lake shuttle bus stop. | Maybe a half mile hike up to the true trailhead here. | Planning the Pool, Fern Falls, maybe Fern Lake, back to the Pool, Cub Lake. | At The Pool. | ||
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| Lots of chipmunks asking for handouts. | Looking west. "The Pool" is on the left where the falls drop tons of water into a huge whirlpool. | Heading to Fern Falls for sure, not sure if we'll make it up to Fern Lake. | ||||
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| OMG. Fern Falls are gorgeous! We'd snowshoed this in March and it was all frozen, just giving a promise of how beautiful it would be in summer. | Patty & Dave & Sue | |||||
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| Bob & Sue | Heading uphill to Fern Lake, only another mile or so | Close! | Bob and Sue at Fern Lake. | |||
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| Ranger cabin up here. | ||||||
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| Looking west across Fern Lake. Just gorgeous. | "Panorama" - from the south side of Fern Lake looking NW | Looking N | Looking NE | Looking E (Bob on the bridge) | ||
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| Bob & Dave | At the footbridge, trout in the river. | Yummy - tuna cup! | Blue columbine. | |||
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| Bright orange mushrooms - wanna bet these are poisonous? | Back at Fern Falls, mist from the falls makes it nice and cool here. | Fern Falls. | ||||
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| Looking downstream, the falls continue for a while. | Further down the trail, upper view of Tree Falls (can't see much for the trees!) | Lower view of Tree Falls (just above the Pool) | Zoomed in of Tree Falls. | The Pool, looking north-east. | ||
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| The Pool, looking north at the falls dropping into the Pool. | Chipmunks are totally unafraid here. | Heading up to Cub Lake, lots of little streams along the way. | Pink columbine. | |||
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| Cub Lake looking east. Gorgeous overlook. | Bob & Dave | Patty wisely picks the shade. | More wildflowers. | Lilies covering Cub Lake, pretty yellow flowers. | ||
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| Would be a great place to camp, just east of Cub Lake. | More wildflowers. | Ferns - but nowhere near Fern Lake :-) | Down to the Moraine Park. | |||
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| Nearly there. 10.8 mile day! | Starting from Cub Lake trailhead what the distance would be (we went backwards). | VERY hot day - I finished 1.75 liters of water plus a full bottle of soda. Nearly out of water at the end! | ||