Rocky Mountain National Park offers many scenic trails for the enrichment of the visitor. The North Inlet Trail, located on the west side of the Rocky Mountain National Park, offers visitors a grand view of lakes, forest and mountains while offering campsites along the way. Beginning in the subalpine ecosystem around Grand Lake, the trail gradually climbs upward. Below the timberline, waterfalls, thick coniferous forest and a rushing creek border most of the trail. Above the timberline the trail passes through exposed tundra. The length of the mail trail is 11.5 miles, and arrives at the destination of Flattop Mountain or lakes Nokoni and Nanita. Built of earth, local rock and wood, and allowing views of North Inlet, Summerland Park, Big Pool, Cascade Falls, Hallett Creek, Lake Nokoni, Lake Nanita, and Flattop Mountain, the North Inlet Trail is considered part of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. Sharing a trailhead with the Tonahutu Creek Trail, which starts at 8,500 feet, the North Inlet Trail does follow the actual North Inlet as far as North Inlet Junction. From there, the trail turns northeast into the drainage of Hallett Creek and ascends the Continental Divide. Backcountry campsites are located all along the way, including Summerland Park, various spots along the inlet, the junction with the trail to Lake Nokoni and Lake Nanita, and the small park on Hallett Creek just at the timberline. Only the exposed section of trail above timberline has no backcountry camping sites. - NPS