A trail connects Bear Lake with Odessa Lake. One of the finest trail trips in the park is the circle trip from Bear Lake to Odessa Lake, and thence to Fern Lake and Moraine Park. The distance from Bear Lake to the Brinwood by this route is 9 miles, but a day is usually allowed for the trip.


Map of Rocky Mountain National Park

Hallet Peak, Tyndall Glacier, And Flattop Mountain, Across Bear Lake
Shelk photo.

Romantic Loch Vale