Turquoise Lake Trail - Gros Ventre Wilderness

By Daryl L. Hunter
Turquoise Lake is an alpine gem in the middle of the Gros Ventre Wilderness and there are many ways to get there but the most expeditious one is via the Goodwin Lake Trail. This access facilitates a 2,000-foot elevation head start over most others by virtue of its 8,000-foot trailhead.......................... About 2.5 miles from the trailhead you come to Goodwin Lake which is at the base of a steep flank of Jackson Peak............................... Climbing out of the cirque that hosts Goodwin Lake you enter sub alpine terrain with fewer trees and a lot more meadows revealing awesome views in every direction.....................More