(Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) The past four years have been hard on the popular Colorado trail, the lake and the surrounding ... “It’s truly a one-of-a-kind gem,” Veldhuis said ...

However, the trail's highlight is arguably its namesake lakes. Though not the largest or most accessible lake in Colorado ... mountain peaks. And of course, there's the gem-like ice lakes ...

Each week we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for ... headwaters 25 miles west on a 14,000-foot mountain feeds into a lake formed by a large flood control dam, emerging ...

Members of the media and key project partners got an opportunity to hike the Hanging Lake trail during the groundbreaking for a $4.5 million trail reconstruction project in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado .