Three Lakes Trail, Colorado - Saturday Snapshots

I'm looking through old photo albums again and came across these pictures from Colorado. In August, 1989, my son and I spent a week camping with my parents near Crested Butte/Gunnison, CO, and one of our day trips was to Lost Lake Slough. Here are pictures from that excursion. (Click on photos to enlarge.)

"Easy" is a relative term.
(Note the switchbacks in red.)

Wildflowers blooming along the shores of
Lost Lake Slough

Aspen lined portions of the trail

Other areas were shaded by evergreens

Occasionally we'd come to a clearing and get a glimpse of
Lost Lake Slough below

We stopped for a rest at Dollar Lake,
then began our trek back to the slough

Someday I'll post about the time my mom and I got lost and encountered a bear on this trail. But that's another story!

To see a brochure (PDF file) about this trail from the U.S. Forest Service (including directions), click HERE.

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