Hiking the winter trail to the Loch at Rocky Mountain National Park

Some of the trail was along a ledge, made it hard to get your balance without snowshoes. There were X-country skiers below another trail.

Trail starts off easy and level.

We chose a beautiful day to snowshoe to the Loch Lake. Some didnt bring their snowshoes-big mistake they had to turn back.
Soon you will come upon Glacier Jorge Junction, the start of the trail to the Loch.

We started at the Glacier Gorge Parking Lot. This is smaller than Bear Lake and fills up fast. The total hike was about 5.5 miles total. The trail was difficult to find and I was glad to have a gps when we were unsure of the way to go.

Lots of options at the junction. Its always harder to find your way after a snowfall.




Finally we get a view of the mountains ahead. Beautiful!! The trail passes between two Glacier knobs.

The trail gets steeper , the closer you get.

Soon you are doing switchbacks to get to the top.

Going down it was easier to slide. It was so much fun!
One of my favorite snowshoe trails.

The view at the Loch! Breathtaking! It was so windy we could hardly stand up.