Arnica Lake Trail

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Features Fall Colors · Fishing · Lake · River/Creek · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Always carry bear spray! Twin Lakes Trail beyond Arnica Lake to the pass is often quite muddy.

This trail immediatly dips down from the trailhead to Vista Lake (keep that in mind for the return!). once at the far end of Vista Lake, you'll cross a footbridge and begin the steady climb to Arnica. The trail climbs through mixed evergreen and larch forest with intermittent views back toward the Parkway and the surrounds to the northeast. In the fall you'll enjoy some spectacular larch color. Arnica Lake has a great shoreline for a lunch stop or break to chat. It is backstopped by the magnanimous Storm Mountain. If you wish, you can continue your run on to Upper Twin Lakes Trail which passes over the pass to the south. A small offshoot of this trail can be taken at the pass to reach a nice overlook of Arnica Lake.

Small mammals, ungulates, birds.