RMNP’s No Longer Best Kept Secret

Lake Haiyaha has sometimes been referred to as Rocky Mountain National Park’s best kept secret. You walk up the slope to the left of Dream Lake, follow it around the mountain and you’ll get to an alpine lake as green as jade and surrounded by big boulders that you skip from one to the next to get around. I think it is the prettiest lake in RMNP. It’s relatively easy to get to in comparison to Sky Pond and the unpronounceable name has likely made it less popular amongst tourists, historically speaking. So many people have written about it now though, and made videos, that word is pretty thoroughly out. I got there by 8am this morning and there were two people already there floating on a dinghy, a drone flying overhead, and lots of people picnicking and taking pictures on the boulders surrounding the lake. Nonetheless, it is still a very peaceful lake and good spot to hang out for a morning (or an afternoon), especially if you can make your way to the other side where there will be no people at all basically.