点评:This National Park is absolutely amazing! We entered early and drove in from Grand Lake Entrance. It seemed as though this entrance was less busy which made the traffic flow easier. We stopped at all of the overlooks and had amazing views. There were so many elk - makes in one area and females in another playing in the snow fields and walking across the tundra area. You could see them with binoculars or with the naked eye if your vision was very good. We stopped and hiked Lake Irene - about .5 mile loop around a very still calm lake with an amazing reflection because it was so calm. When we arrived at the alpine visitor center we had no problem parking because it was earlier than their open hours and because we came the less popular direction and beat the traffic. We hiked the Alpine Ridge Trail - I counted about 250 steps. It is a straight up hike but the views at the top are amazing! When we came back down the line of cars waiting to park was crazy long. We continued the drive hitting the overlooks and stopped for the Tundra Community Hike Trail too. Another uphill hike that had great views. We had a time release reservation for Bear Lake Road for 12 and by then the parking was full so we shuttled to the lake. We hiked Bear Lake and saw a moose just lounging near the trail. Then we hiked Nymph Lake - both were beautiful hikes. After completing these hikes we hopped back in the shuttle then stopped at the Beaver Meadow Visitor Center - designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (so cool), then drove to Lily Lake and hiked that loop under Lily Mountain around the lake. We had a busy full but great day hitting the hot spots. Lots of wild life and of course views!
翻译:这个国家公园真是太棒了!我们很早就到了,从大湖入口开车进去。这个入口似乎人流较少,交通也比较顺畅。我们在所有的观景台都停了下来,欣赏着令人惊叹的美景。有很多麋鹿——雄性麋鹿在一个区域,雌性麋鹿在另一个区域,它们在雪地里玩耍,在苔原地带行走。如果你的视力很好,用双筒望远镜或肉眼都能看到它们。我们停下来徒步前往艾琳湖——绕着一个非常平静的湖面走了大约0.5英里的环路,湖面非常平静,倒映着令人惊叹的美景。到达高山游客中心时,我们停车很方便,因为那时比他们的开放时间还早,而且我们走的是人迹罕至的方向,避开了交通拥堵。我们徒步了高山山脊步道——我数了一下,大约有250级台阶。这是一条直线上升的步道,但山顶的景色令人叹为观止!当我们下山时,等待停车的车队长得惊人。我们继续开车前往观景台,并在苔原社区徒步步道停留。又一次上坡徒步,景色优美。我们预订了12号熊湖路的限时车位,但当时停车场已经满了,所以我们换乘班车去了湖边。我们徒步到了熊湖,看到一头驼鹿在小径附近悠闲地躺着。然后我们徒步到了仙女湖——两次徒步都很美。徒步结束后,我们回到班车,在由弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特设计的海狸草甸游客中心稍作停留(太酷了),然后开车去了莉莉湖,在莉莉山下绕湖徒步了一圈。我们度过了忙碌而美好的一天,游览了众多热门景点。野生动物众多,当然还有美景!