Booth Falls Trailhead — Attraction in Colorado

Was up there this week on Wednesday the 22nd of November. I hiked up to the falls at first and that was a piece of cake. The falls around about 4km one way and then I hiked towards the lake. Did not need any special gear. Had solid 3 season La Sportiva waterproof booths and great hiking / also use them for skiing north face summit series pants. Since I forgot my gaiters a taped my ankles with a lot of masking tape. All he Way from the shoe up to my knee. This served as my gaiters. Past the falls I was was the only one and also the first to do a snow pack. There was no need for crampons (maybe snow shoes) and I did struggle in terms of a more strenuous effort of going up. It was heavier on my stamina. I turned around about 0.4 miles from the lake or so. Like someone in the comments below suggested they saw the trail end there lol! I turned because it was 3pm and I needed time to go get down + room for extra light in case of an injury. I had a drone with me so I flew up from the spot I was in and got to see the lake that way :) I was really close but at the end it was just snowing + getting dark + the snow in some parts was chest deep without any trail or snow pack to follow. Kinda bummed out since I was so close but all an all great hike. I think this hike in the summer is a peace of a cake. Curious if you can hike from the lake to one of the peaks? Does anyone know ? Cheers! My time was 3 hours up (including a lot of photography) and 30 minutes down...

This was a nice hike through wildflowers but the parking at the trailhead was woefully small, with no signs as to where you should park when the lot is full. Also, there are signs that say the parking is only for three hours, which, if you do the whole 9 mile hike, is not going to be adequate. We ended up parking at the Vail Mountain School down the street, crossing our fingers that we would t get towed even though no signs indicated that we couldn't park there. In the end, it ended up being fine. The hike itself was pretty, although there were a ton of flies through half of the hike, which wouldn't go away. Lots of people who didn't bring enough water or snacks, too. It's a strenuous uphill hike, so you need to be prepared! We went halfway to the waterfall, which was cool to see. You can climb down close to it. You can continue on to the lake at the top but that's another 2.5 miles up so we just turned around. I would do this hike...

Booth Creek Trail is a 4-mile (one way) hike that follows its namesake creek upstream to Booth Lake. The trail is steep, but there are lots of wildflowers blooming all around. About half way is the 60-foot Booth Creek Falls, so it would be 4 miles round trip to the waterfall. There's no way to get to the base, but the rocks provide a good view. Just past the waterfall, a scramble path leads down to the creek at the top of the waterfall. Use caution if you go down here as a fall could be fatal. Besides the waterfall, there are lots of cascades and small drops pretty much nonstop, which is why the trail is so steep. We had planned to hike to the lake but only made it a little past the waterfall. It was our first day in Colorado and we were feeling the altitude (and...