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Distance
1.13 miles
Elevation Gain
276 ft
Route Type
Out-and-Back
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Family Friendly
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Forest
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Added by Nick Souvall
A beautiful spot to catch a sunrise at a very photogenic lake.
While not as popular as Dream Lake, Nymph Lake is just as beautiful. The hike to Nymph Lake is an easy hike just over 1 mile. You start from the Bear Lake Trail head and can go further on to Dream Lake and Emerald Lake if you want to. Both Dream and Emerald Lakes are also stunning and very photogenic as well. Nymph Lake is a great spot to capture the reflection of the still water and beautiful color on Hallet Peak during sunrise. Nymph Lake is also known for being filled for lily pads later in the summer. There are many other lakes in this area that you can hike to as well.
Thinking about a longer hike, you can extend this to Dream, Emerald, and Haiyaha Lakes.
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Allison Cole
3/20/2025
Easy To Park
Bathrooms
Well Maintained
Well Marked
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Lucas Bremer
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7/14/2020
Being a fly rod
Reclusive cutthroat trout are plentiful in this lake.
They are easily spooked so you have to have some stealth on approach.
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Calvin Weibel
1/7/2017
Neat little spot
This is a cool spot where things won't be quite as crowded as Bear Lake. Also consider going to Dream Lake which is ...
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Krista Coulter
12/26/2016
Amazing Winter Scenery
Nymph lake is not far from Bear Lake and definitely worth the extra fifteen minutes in the winter. The lake when we went around ...
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Kama Solonoski
11/26/2016
Amazing!
Such a beautiful hike. But make sure you go check out Dream Lake & Emerald Lake :)
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Alyssa Aaron
10/17/2016
One of my favorite spots in the RMNP
Gorgeous in the Summer and equally as nice in the Winter. If you're looking for an easy snowshoe trek check this trail out in ...
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