Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostHanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostA panoramic view from Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet.- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostRuth Schmidt of Vail, right, leads her friend Leonie Stiefenhofer from Germany during a snow-covered hike on the Hanging Lake trail in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostThe Spouting Rock waterfall creates ice formations at Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostThe Spouting Rock waterfall creates ice formations at Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostHanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on March 5, 2020. The lake has aquamarine color. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostWaterfalls at Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostColorful rocks along the Hanging Lake trail in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostCreeks along Hanging Lake trail are covered by snow and ice on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostThe Spouting Rock waterfall creates ice formations at Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostThe Spouting Rock waterfall creates ice formations at Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostSnow-covered Hanging Lake trail in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostHikers use poles to climb the snow-covered Hanging Lake trail in Glenwood Springs on March 5, 2020. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
- Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostFootprints on the snow-covered Hanging Lake trail in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on Thursday. March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
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Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on March 5, 2020. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake is a beautiful aquamarine color and there are stunning cliffs and gorgeous waterfalls.
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We sent a reporter and photographer to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Springs to capture what a quiet winter hike is like on the trail, which is known for massive crowds in the summer. The hike is a steep one of 1.2 miles with an elevation gain in excess of 1,000 feet. The lake, photographed on March 5, is a beautiful aquamarine color with gorgeous waterfalls surrounded by stunning cliffs.
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