Hike the Haynach Lakes trail in Rocky Mountain National Park

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8.2 miles

Trail Type: Longer Hike
Trailhead: Green Mountain
Trailhead Elevation: 8,794'
Destination Elevation: 11,098'
Total Elevation Gain: 2614'
Total Roundtrip Miles: 16.4

Haynach Lakes

Trail Description
Note: Large portions of the trail has seen significant fire damage from the 2020 East Troublesome Fire.
This west of the Continental Divide trail climbs out of the Kawuneeche Valley before reaching the Big Meadow. The trail circles the meadow and then follows the Tonahutu Creek drainage past Granite Falls before branching off into the remote Haynach basin. The subalpine lakes are surrounded by peaks.

How to Get There
Travel 3 miles north of Grand Lake (2.6 miles north of the RMNP Entrance Station) to the Green Mountain Trailhead.

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