7/3-7/4/23 As mentioned during main hours of 8-3, you need a reservation for entry and another reservation to enter the popular Bear Lake area. I did not know that the mountains are the third generation of mountains as our earth changes over a couple billion years. We were glad that we did the less populated hours which were busy enough. We stayed in a nice little cabin outside the Falls River Entrance. We caught a nice full moon outside our cabin. We choose to take the Old Fall River Road, which is a one way dirt road to the alpine top of the Park. Again it is less travelled and a beautiful way to see the park and animals. On return, it was after 6pm and late enough to see Bear Lake. We drove down the road through beautiful flowers and trees and took the easy hike around Bear Lake. There are many hikes off this road that will be good to walk on a different trip. The following morning, we entered the park around seven and got to the top before the Alpine Visitor Center even opened. So much for coffee. We discovered a great way to hike the Alpine area without all the people. Just past the visitor center going to Grand Lake is the Medicine Bow Curve pullout with a nice path to great views. Someone told us about Bower Gulch where an old barn is a marker for an area great to find moose. We had good luck with our moose hunting. Grand Lake was a different place as far as crowds. I always liked it best because it is less populated. Not so on the 4th of July week. We still enjoyed stopping at the Grand Lake Lodge for lunch and views. It is a 100 year old resort that now has burned trees up to its doorsteps from a fire in 2020 that was a near miss. We also loved an early hike on the Adam's Falls Trail on the 4th of July. We were there before they started limiting hikers due to crowds. It is a beautiful easy hike.
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