{"id":124,"date":"2016-09-11T01:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T01:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/11\/trip-report-lawn-lake-backpacking-in-may\/"},"modified":"2016-09-11T01:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T01:38:00","slug":"trip-report-lawn-lake-backpacking-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/11\/trip-report-lawn-lake-backpacking-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip Report: Lawn Lake Backpacking in May"},"content":{"rendered":"
I realize this is a way late post… but I backpacked up to Lawn Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park in early May. It was an amazing trip.<\/p>\n

The trail started out completely dry and hot, I was wondering if I might have packed too much. Since the lake is at 11,000′ I thought it may still be snowy.<\/p>\n

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Then maybe 2 miles in the snow started.<\/p>\n

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It was me breaking trail for miles of mostly off camber slippery-ness.<\/p>\n

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But as I was getting tired and ready to throw in the towel it flattened out.<\/p>\n

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The last push was up the frozen waterfall, which was all sorts of fun.<\/p>\n

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Then the lake! Wow was it a site.<\/p>\n

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In RMNP when there is more than 4″ of snow on the ground you observe winter rules, which basicaly means camp anywhere. Which landed me this sweet spot.<\/p>\n

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A storm came up the valley and socked in the lake.<\/p>\n

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Middle of the night the skies cleared.<\/p>\n

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It was below freezing in the morning, but once that sun got back out..<\/p>\n

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Nice thing though was that the snow had solidified over night making getting out much quicker.<\/p>\n

Normally I don’t like to take the same trip twice, but I think this will be a May tradition. <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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