After Rachel you head around the right of the lake and climb the ridge with the views getting better with each step.
After bout .6 of a mile you hit the ridge top and come to a junction, with Lila lake and Alta mtn. to the right, or our destination Rampart lakes to the left. Each set of lakes is only a mile either way, so easy to check both out, even on a day hike. Next thing we knew we arrived at the set of lakes, and was completely in awe of what we saw...
There was only 2 other tents up around the lake but the wind was blowing quite strong so we tried to get a good spot but also blocked by some trees...
After we ate some food we decided to see if we could get up high for some better views. So just followed a couple paths up to the high point above the lakes...
Then we just kept following some trails around the backside, to other lakes/tarns. Over every hill and around every corner was another body of water....
By then it was getting late so we headed down.
Next morning we got up and headed to Lila lake and Alta mtn. Lila is about 2 miles from Rampart lakes, and the cutoff to Alta is spurs off bout a half mile before Lila. we headed to Lila first, and it was more of the same.....
From there it was up the ridge to the top of Alta....
looking back over Lila...
Kendall Katwalk
Back towards Rampart lakes....
After that, we headed back to rampart packed our stuff and headed out. Ended up being 21 miles, 7600ft eg, and about 700 pictures. One of the best overnights ive ever done. Well worth the trip. Highly recommended if you've never been up that way. Only saw about 6 people all day Friday, but coming down was a different story. So weekdays are best, like anywhere else popular. But still worth it in my opinion.
