Comments on: Blue Lakes Trail In Colorado: A Complete Guide

By: David & Intan

David & Intan — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:50:10 +0000

In reply to Gustavo. Sometimes there are black bears in this area, so you might want to bring bear spray. If you see a bear, you should stay far away from them. But we haven’t seen any bears in the few times we’ve done this hike. It’s also a fairly busy trail, especially on weekends, so there should be other hikers around you too, which helps.

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:15:17 +0000

One last thing I forgot to ask…
I’m from Brazil and I intend to do the trail at the end of July and I would like to know if there are bears in this region. If so, should I be careful while hiking?

By: David & Intan

David & Intan — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:02:15 +0000

In reply to Gustavo. Hi Gustavo. You don’t need any permit for this hike and it’s free. Enjoy.

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:33:15 +0000

hello, good afternoon.
I would like to know if any permission is needed to do the hike?
I also wanted to know if there is a fee to do the hike or to park the car?

By: David & Intan

David & Intan — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 06:45:52 +0000

In reply to Fernando. Thanks, yes you can swim there although the water might be chilly! Enjoy.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 03:58:24 +0000

Amazing information and easy to understand. Thank you for your breakdown. Can you swim at Lower Blue Lake?

By: David & Intan

David & Intan — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:36:49 +0000

In reply to Wendy Schicktanz. Hi Wendy. Sounds like a great trek! Only the lower lake has the bright teal water color. You can't see it from the upper lake, but you can from the middle lake. There's a viewpoint near the middle lake to look down on the lower lake, so you can enjoy seeing the color from above there. Hope this helps!

By: Wendy Schicktanz

Wendy Schicktanz — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:27:50 +0000

Hi there. My group of 7 women are backpacking the Sneffels Traverse and considering adding the Blue Lake hike to our already 30 mile trek from Telluride to Ouray. I’m not exactly sure which lake we would get to, but have been told that it would be an additional 8 miles and almost 2,000 vertical feet from the hut we will be staying. Everyone is interested in going as we’ve seen photos of the teal/turquoise water. Can you tell me if just the lower lake is this color? Can you see that lake from the upper lake? Thank you.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:27:02 +0000

Very good info

By: David & Intan

David & Intan — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:43:32 +0000

In reply to Audrey montoya.

No fee to camp there as far as I know, but the wilderness regs apply. You can read more here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/gmug/recarea/?recid=32558