Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain NP

Have hiked up here a couple of times but always during summer. The lake is solidly frozen but the view is even more spectacular...

EDIT: This is Dream Lake, NOT Emerald Lake which is a bit further up.

Yep, that's pretty much the way it always looks in the winter! LOL

Gotta love RMNP in the Winter (one of my many playgrounds)!

Gorgeous, I've only seen it from above.

Nice having the people in it for perspective.

Thanks everyone. Those people at the bottom of the image were heading towards Dream Lake. We originally planned on going there, too, but the wind was gusting way too much for my wife to handle, so we turned back.

Actually, you were at Dream Lake. Emerald Lake is the further lake.

KoalaCowboy wrote in post #16798957
Actually, you were at Dream Lake. Emerald Lake is the further lake.

Thanks for pointing this out. Got it all mixed up!

SYS wrote in post #16798976
Thanks for pointing this out. Got it all mixed up!

LMAO. No worries! Easy to do when you are seeing such magnificent beauty all around you.

KoalaCowboy wrote in post #16799002
LMAO. No worries! Easy to do when you are seeing such magnificent beauty all around you.

After 3 successive operations recently, I'm learning that I now have increased tendency to mix things up. After the hike to this lake, I asked my teenage son what the elevation of this "Emerald Lake" was in comparison to "Dream Lake" higher up, and he came up with 9,912 ft for Dream Lake and 10,090 for Emerald Lake. I said, "how can that be!"