Loomis Lake-Spruce Lake-Rocky Mountain National Park-Solo Hike-Fern Lake Trail

On July 22, 2024 I solo hiked to Loomis Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started at the Fern Lake Trail, Bear Lake Corridor, in Rocky Mountain National Park. I hiked up to Spruce Lake and then the real challenge began. The social trail up to Looms Lake is in terrible condition. I already new that so I was mentally prepared. I had to crawl over downed trees and under trees on my hands and knees. You must have a GPS and great route finding skills to do this hike up to Loomis Lake. I must have checked mine 20 times to make sure I was going the right direction. This trail is extremely steep. I had plenty of scratches and bruises from this hike. I had a lot of fun hiking up to Loomis Lake. There are lots of Cutthroat Trout in Loomis Lake too. 10 miles and 2312 feet of elevation gain. Alltrails has the route to Loomis Lake and updated trail reviews. We use Gaia GPS app and it was spot on, even though it seemed like the 'trail" would suddenly end at times. I had to look for the next section. This hike is for very experienced hikers.