re: Colorado in Summer - Need Suggestions (Updated)

Sky Pond is gorgeous and I'd love to do that hike someday. However, it is considered difficult.

Dream Lake and Emerald Lake is a much easier hike and very beautiful. Go very early. When we went we got to the park around 7 and were very glad we did. We spent around 4-5 hours on that hike. It's around 4 miles, but we stopped often to take pictures and spent probably 45 minutes at Emerald Lake eating lunch, relaxing, and taking in the view.

When we got back to the parking lot, it was packed and there was lots of traffic of folks going up the trail when we were going down. We were very glad we went early.

I've not been but Alberta Falls is supposed to be fairly easy. Lily Lake is a super easy hike.