Blue Lake Hike

Allison and I hiked to Blue Lake starting from the Bullion Pasture Trailhead at an elevation of 10,993 ft. We began at 11:15 AM and hiked an abandoned road, used to repair the spillway in 2007, the 2.3 miles to the lake (elevation 9755 ft). It took us approximately one hour. We spent a half hour or so wandering around the lake looking at the spillway, an old cabin and taking in the views of Mt. Baldy (12,050 ft) and Mt. Belknap (12,128 ft) which we had hiked one year earlier. It took us about 1.5 hours to hike back to the Explorer, arriving at 2:30 PM for a total round trip hike of about 5 miles.