Dream Lake is a great choice for your first hike to 9,900 ft. It’s 1.1 miles and 425 ft. up an improved trail from the Bear Lake Parking Lot. It was only stocked once with greenback cutthroat trout in 1997. The trout here usually strike tiny size 20 or 22 flies, but this day a #16 flying ant pattern was in demand. Dream Lake is featured in our new SECOND EDITION of

Angler’s Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park