January 2023

I started from the Glacier Gorge TH on Bear Lake Road on a frigid, windy, blue-sky day on the 26th of  January. With a 10-degree temperature and the wind at 20 mph with gusts to 45 mph, the windchill was -20 degrees. The video shows, in some segments, the wind coming off the mountains, across

I made up the Fives Lakes path by stringing together three hikes to pass by five lakes: Bear Lake, Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, Emerald Lake, and finally, Lake Haiyaha. I did this hike on a cold, snowy day in RMNP. The Bear Lake parking lot was a third full, and there were rangers answering questions