re: Rocky Mountain National Park with a 5 yr old

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Bear Lake and Dream Lake are both nice for that age. Trail Ridge Road is a good drive for them in the park. St Mary’s Glacier is also cool, not in the park but fairly close and doable for that age.

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Bring lots of water, snacks, etc. St. Mary's Glacier is really in the middle of nowhere. Bring some big trash bags and you can probably slide down the glacier like a sled. It's lots of fun! The hike is about a mile, I think, but just take your time on the parts that might be harder for a 5 year old. The first part is pretty rocky, but he will be fine. Make sure and follow the trail towards the lake and go up to the Glacier from there. The trail goes past the lake on the right of it. The first time we went, we went the opposite way up and it was not good!

I've been to St. Mary's in both June and October. There was snow on the Glacier both times. In October, we were there a week after a snow. It may be that way now.