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Very crowded trailhead for Nymph, Dream + Emerald Lakes.
Nymph, Dream + Emerald Lakes Trail.
Nymph Lake.
Nymph Lake with Hallett Peak in the distance.
View south toward Longs Peak (14,259 ft) shrouded in clouds.
Panoramic view of the Glacier Creek Valley and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Tyndall Creek below Dream Lake.
Approaching Dream Lake.
Approaching Dream Lake.
Dream Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park.
Trail alongside Dream Lake en route to Emerald Lake.
Hiking up to Emerald Lake.
Tyndall Creek below Emerald Lake.
Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
Yellow-pine chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus).
Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park.
Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park.
Climbers on the Hallett Peak Second Buttress (just above Big, Giant Roof) above Emerald Lake.
Climbers on the Hallett Peak Headwall above Emerald Lake.