Diamond Lake Trail Album
On 06/18/08 we only went 2.1 miles as we encountered heavy snow-over
10 feet deep.  With scrapped legs from breaking through the snow we cut
the hike short at 2.1 miles and did not reach the lake.   This album next
covers a hike to Diamond Lake on 11/15/2016 and another on 7/03/2018.
The trailhead called the Fourth of
July trailhead.  We suspect it is
named that because you you
should not use it until that date.
View to the west at the start of
the trail.
The deep snow on the Diamond
Lake Trail on June 18th.
View to the north at the
turnaround point.
View of our destination which is
a lake just below this mountain
on the tree line.
Crossing the North Fork of the
Middle Boulder Creek.
View to the south at our turn
around point.
The only waterfall on Boulder creek
not encased in snow on 6/18/08.
Waterfall from Diamond Lake.
Hike on 06/18/2008
Hike on 11/15/2016
The parking lot at the 4th of
July trailhead.
On the Arapaho Pass portion of
the trail.  The hike to the lake is
3 miles or 6 miles roundtrip
with a vertical rise of 819 feet.
A strange tree on the Diamond
Lake Trail.
The North Fork of the Middle
Boulder Creek in November.
The largest stream to cross on
the hike .
The stream from the bridge.
Diamond Lake with a boardwalk
usually surrounded by marsh.
Panoramic of the entire lake.
Panoramic from the lakes only outlet.
South Arapaho Peak from near
Diamond Lake.
Hike on 07/03/2018
Trailhead of the Diamond Lake
Hike.
The most difficult crossing of the hike.
Trailhead of the Diamond Lake
Hike.
The crossing for the North Fork
of the Middle Boulder Creek.
The North Fork of the Middle Boulder Creek.
We come to the "Crooked Tree".
The tree is dead in 2018.
We pass through the "Stone
Gate to D
iamond Lake".
We arrive at DIamond Lake.
We arrive at Diamond Lake.
We return the same way we
came.
Hike on 08/22/2019
The North Fork Creek had
minimal water on 8/22/2019
.
We pass through the "Stone
Gate to D
iamond Lake".
We arrive at Diamond Lake just
as the clouds close in over us
.
The crossing for the North Fork
of the Middle Boulder Creek.