There is a Ranger Station and toilets, as well as picnic tables at the trailhead.While you don't enter through a main entrance to the park, it is part of Rocky Mountain National Park, so be sure to pay the entrance fee.This lot fills up very early, so plan to arrive before 7:00am.Mummy Mountain and Hagues Peak via Lawn Lake th.Take a few minutes to have a snack, relax, take stock of the work you've put in so far, snap some photos and enjoy the view before you start the trip back to the trailhead.Chasm View, Chasm Lake, and Longs Peak area.Dragon's Tail Couloir and Tyndall Gorge.Chiefs Head Peak via Pagoda/Chiefs Head Couloir.Moderate+.īy my estimate, this hike covered 14 miles with 5000 feet of gross elevation gain. Moderate+.ģ.9 miles one way, 1900 foot gain. Moderate+.ģ.9 miles one way, 2040 foot gain. Moderate+.Ĥ.2 miles one way, 2380 foot gain. Strenuous-.Ĥ miles one way, 2199 foot gain. Strenuous-.Ħ.3 miles one way, 4100 foot gain. Mount Lady Washington(13281 feet), west slope via the Boulderfield:Ħ.3 miles one way, 3881 foot gain. Stuff near Longs Peak that mostly starts with the word Chasm: Take the time to enjoy this wonderful and magical place. Take the time to get there and enjoy a peaceful lunch break, take in the views, listen to the waterfall. While I can't comment on the amount of middle of the summer visitation it gets, my general experience in RMNP leads me to say that if there isn't a trail directly to something, it won't be visited that much even if a popular trail goes right by it. While you are there, I'd recommend to make the second class scramble down to Peacock Pool. With the altitude and exposure, it will be important to start early. Chasm Lake is a must visit in my opinion. It offers a very unique perspective on Longs itself. And if you take the time to get to Chasm View, the scope of the scene at your feet is amazing and awe inspiring. The Longs Peak cirque is certainly one of the most spectacular places in the park and one of the most traveled, particularly once non technical conditions come around on Longs. I stopped to take off a layer, and was accosted by this little guy.Īnd a last parting view up into Chasm Meadows, a spectacular place to be.
CHASM LAKE FULL
I didn't use traction devices at all, and made the first outing of the year in trail runners.Ībove tree line and in the full eye of the sun, the weather warmed significantly. Snow was hit before too long, which became solid snow up until tree line. It was weird to actually hike on dirt and rock for a little while. This was my first time up the Longs trail in a season other than winter. So I turned back, but promised to return once the snow had melted out. I probably made it to around 12200 feet when I hit my hard turn around time. I'd planned to take the trail around Mount Lady Washington and then hit Chasm View, but as that didn't seem to be an option, I went directly up the east ridge of MLW. From there on up, it was post hole mania, the snow having drifted up to waist deep in places. The going was good until I hit tree line and the mashed in trail ended. My thinking was that the Longs area tends to either melt out or have the snow blown away relatively quickly, so maybe it would be dried out somewhat.
This day was also attempted in May, just a few days after the large snow storm we'd received. The last time around, I'd mentioned a few of my May weather related turn arounds.
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