Forest Lakes - Rollinsville

This trail follow the south Boulder Creek to start.

We are hiking a trail that takes us to several lakes. We drove through the town of Rollinsville about 4 miles later to the trailhead at the moffat tunnel. It is a train that is still used so there is a large parking lot and is plowed even in snow.  There is a bathroom at the trailhead.

One of the best parts of this hike is the many stream/waterfall crossings. The water was moving very fast early July.

The trail is heavily forested and provides nice shade.

As we got closer to the first lake the snow was present.

There are some large boulders across the trail as you get closer.

The continental divide is just in view straight ahead.

Th lower forest lake has marshy areas around. Its only 1/2 mile to the next lake but more snow.

This is the middle Forest Lake. So clear to the bottom.

There is a waterfall across the lake. Not too big this time. There is a third lake if you hike up to the right of the waterfall.

This was a small pond to the left between the two lakes.

A perfect rock to have a picnic lunch. The hike was 8.2 miles round trip with 1,700 ft elevation gain.  There were some nice wildflowers this time of year.