Hiking Nymph Lake, Dream Lake, Emerald Lake plus Haiyaha Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park的点评
点评:Rocky Mountain National Park runs a timed‑entry permit system for most of the year, so you’ll need to hop on their website, look up the timed‑entry program, and make sure you select Bear Lake Road when you reserve. That permit is required even if you show up before the timed‑entry window starts.
If advance reservations are already gone, you still get another shot: the park releases a small batch of next‑day tickets the night before. Check the website for the exact release time, be logged into your NPS account ahead of time, and be ready on the page—those tickets disappear in seconds. You can also get on a waiting list where cancelled tickets show up, which works quite well, but again, you need to be fast when notified.
The Nymph → Dream → Emerald → Haiyaha hike is honestly a dream. It’s easy to moderate overall, and even at 6 a.m. the trail is already busy. The later you go, the more crowded it gets.
Starting from the Bear Lake Trailhead, the classic Nymph → Dream → Emerald route is about 3.2–3.6 miles round‑trip with 600–770 ft of elevation gain, usually taking 2–3 hours depending on pace and how long you hang out at each lake.
Distances and elevation gain:
Nymph Lake: ~1.2 miles RT, ~236 ft gain
Dream Lake: ~2.2 miles RT, ~443 ft gain
Emerald Lake: ~3.2–3.6 miles RT, ~605–771 ft gain
If you add Lake Haiyaha, the loop becomes roughly 4.5 miles round‑trip with about 1,125 ft of total gain.
And seriously—don’t skip Haiyaha. It’s incredible.
翻译:落基山国家公园在一年中的大部分时间里都实行定时入园许可制度。因此,你需要访问其官网,查找相关定时入园计划,并在预订时务必选择“熊湖路”作为通行路线。即便你在规定时间窗开启之前就抵达公园,也必须持有该许可。
如果提前预订的名额已经售罄,也别灰心:公园会在前一天晚上放出少量次日的门票。请务必查看官网以了解具体的放票时间。事先登录好你的NPS账号,并随时待命在相应页面上——那些门票几秒钟内就会被抢光。你也可以加入等候名单,被取消的门票会重新出现在该列表中,这一方法效果不错,但同样需要在收到通知后迅速行动。
从Nymph溪谷到Dream湖、Emerald湖,再到Haiyaha湖的这段徒步路线真堪称梦幻之旅。整体难度适中,即便清晨6点,小径上也已人头攒动。去得越晚,人就越多。
从Bear Lake徒步起点出发……经典的“宁芙湖→梦幻湖→绿宝石湖”路线全程约3.2至3.6英里,海拔上升幅度为600至770英尺,根据行进速度以及在每个湖边停留时间的不同,通常需要2到3小时才能完成。
各湖泊间的距离与海拔上升数据如下:
宁芙湖:往返约1.2英里,海拔上升约236英尺
梦幻湖:往返约2.2英里,海拔上升约443英尺
绿宝石湖:往返约3.2至3.6英里,海拔上升约605至771英尺
如果再加上海亚哈湖,整个环线全程约为4.5英里,总海拔上升幅度则约为1,125英尺。
郑重提醒:千万别错过海亚哈湖哦。太不可思议了。