Bear Lake... and a storm

Bear Lake is one of the most photographed "postcard" lakes in the entire park. Yes, it is beautiful, but I've found several other lakes that I think are prettier. But I can't deny that Bear Lake certainly makes for gorgeous scenery. After getting back from Glacier Gorge, I decided to spend the remaining daylight hours hiking around Bear Lake. This late in the afternoon, most of the other hikers had long gone.

Click on my photo below and see the bigger version. Yes, Bear Lake is definitely a lovely post-card lake. You could take a high-resolution version of this scene and make it into a poster. I'd bet that someone somewhere has done just that.

After finishing the Bear Lake circle, just about dusk, I drove into Estes Park for dinner, and just before the sun set, this tremendous thunderstorm came up. The pink glow is from the sunset, off the picture to the right. Click on the image and look at the rain in the mountains along the left edge of the picture. Cool.