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Emerald Lake

Hiking Trail

Hard
1.55 mi
398 ft
A quick hike to Emerald Lake with the option to continue on to Skelton Lake

This quick hike to Emerald Lake is easy to access and it leads to a gorgeous alpine lake, yet somehow it still stays a bit off the beaten track.

"The trail to Emerald Lake winds uphill along a beautiful creek with only about 450 feet of elevation gain,” writes []( "Emerald Lake pops into view just after the trail levels out, with a fork in the trail going left or right towards the lake.”

If you haven’t had enough, take the other fork in the trail and continue on to Skelton Lake. Hiking all the way to Skelton Lake and back adds up to a 2.4-mile roundtrip hike.

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Written by Greg Heil
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Strava Routes

Route and Elevation

2,000 ft
9,100 ft9,200 ft9,300 ft9,400 ft9,500 ft0.0 mi0.2 mi0.4 mi0.6 mi0.8 mi1.0 mi1.2 mi1.4 mi

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
Reflection Lake Climb0.77 mi381 ft9.3%