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Notes from the Trail

Hiking the Cub Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park

5/3/2019

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The Cub Lake trail starts as one of the lower elevation trails and a good one to hike early in the season. The trail yesterday was not really ready for hiking just yet. There were a few hike ready dry spots, but most of the trail was filled with spring run off and it was a trick navigating and rock hopping to stay out of the wet spots.
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The trail was almost free of snow, but is now replaced with large mud patches. This is at the start of the trail.
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There were lots of alternative trails being because the main trail was covered with wet stuff.
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Spring streams were flowing everywhere and much of the ground was sopping wet. Just below the beaver ponds.
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Reflection at the Beaver Ponds.
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Sagebrush Buttercup
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The stream cut on the trail in the aspens.
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A switchback in the aspens was still snow covered.
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Cub Lake. With the lack of tree cover due to the 2012 Fern Lake fire, the snow will melt much faster here.
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Moraine Park. Most of the meadow is saturated with spring runoff.
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