Bergen Peak Trail Elk Meadow Evergreen

This is a great hike close to home. We weren't sure how much snow we would run into or if there was. We were glad to have our microspikes as  mostly the whole trail was ice.

We started at the Stagecoach trailhead at Elk Meadow park. There are bathrooms and plenty of parking.

The Meadow View Trail is the first trail we took. This was really off season and didn't see too many people. I hear it is quite crowded in the summer.

At .3 miles the Sleepy S Trail branches off to the right. Stay on the Meadow View trail until the Bergen Peak turnoff.  There were some nice benches we could sit down and put on our microspikes. I would recommend bringing poles as well. The altitude gain is about 1,500 ft or more if you go to the top.

You will start to see some views of the valley below. I loved some of these twisty trees.

Here is a great place to see Mt evans to the right. It was covered in snow- pure white.  There are a lot of switchbacks as you climb the next 2.7 miles.

There are many pine trees along the ridge here.

Here is the view of Mt Evans in white.

This gives you an idea of the trail. Trees and some rocks to climb over. It was a nice varied hike.

This is how deep the snow got in spots.

If you go all the way to the top it is 9.4 miles. We stopped at  almost 4 miles since it was getting very windy and snow was forecasted for noon. Our total was 7.37 miles - took us  4 hours to hike.