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Estes Park Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Estes Park, United States
green pics for LP TT...
This is a top pick! these are pics i chose from to post in a monthly photo contest on lonely planet's thorn tree forum, The theme in Dec. is 'green' and it also has to relate to travel... see the next travelogue entry (click on the photo in the gallery) to see which one ...
Colorado and Home
Estes Park Golf Course The trip continued from Laramie to Cheyenne and shortly we were in Colorado. Estes Park is a place always referred to as a winter resort - but we found it different. It is a wonderful summer tourist town with a golf course - ...
Photos now attached to first entry
Just getting the hang of this. We have now attached photos to our first entry for week ...
Kit Carson County Fair
Today we woke up late, but dad wasn't there he was at an auto shop were people were checking out the car. When he came back we put the last of the stuff in the car and left. We drove through the rest of Kansas and now we’re driving through ...
Rocky Mountain National Park
... it's called "mountain mud"! Another great choice - beautiful scenery, leading to even more remarkable sights in Rocky Mountain National Park. This is the same mountain range that runs through Banff in Canada, but views are unique to each! It's hard to ...
Off to the Rockies
... steadily from Kansas. We started off at about 32 degrees, now that we are at our Yogi Bear Jellystone Campground in Estes Park www.jellystoneofestes.com , the temperature has dropped to a very nippy 12 degrees and it's raining steadily . Josh ended up ...
Rocky Mountaint National Park, Colorado
... plaine juste devant notre site de camping, et on en a croisé aussi plusieurs sur la route et même dans la ville, à Estes Park! (ils mangeaient tranquillement les fleurs plantées par la municipalité...qui doit avoir un budget spécial pour faire des ...
Rocky Mountain National Park
... more camping. So this weekend Jason and I took a weekend camping trip at Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado, near Estes Park. On the scenic drive up we went through Black Hawk (an old gambling town) and Nederland, up highway 7, when we ...
Day 22 - 7 Mile Lake Hike
... Falls track, which was like a motorway. It was strange to walk past so many people. We aimed to finish walking at Glacier Gorge car park a few hundred feet below Bear Lake car park, and catch a shuttle bus back up, however, in a fit of madness I told the ...
Rocky Mountains
... ; They described it as primitive but, hey, they had hard walls. KO said every American should go to Yellowstone. She's right but they should also go to Rocky Mountain National Park. It's also a national ...
Denver - Off into the Rockies!
... were - I'll definitely have to come back here for a holiday sometime. We headed back down the trail towards Estes Park, passing some fantastic views on the way. It seemed every direction you looked there were peaks, forests, lakes or some ...
First Hike in Rocky Mtn. N.P.
... the wireless internet, which is what I should have done to begin with, and searched for all of the campgrounds in Estes Park. Most of them had websites that had detailed information about the campground like directions, facilities, and rates. The ...
Made it to Estes Park
... all of the steep grades, curves, and people parked along side the road taking in the scenery. I made it to Estes Park and drove around a little while just to take in the sights of the city. Estes Park isn't that big but it is ...
Upper Beaver Meadows
... to. It was another loop trail that ended up back where my truck was parked. There was a free shuttle that ran in the park all day with different stops located close to the trailheads. I didn't need to ride the shuttle because there were plenty of loop ...
Headed to Loveland
... I will fill up here. After a few phone calls (remember phone service is terrible out here) I was headed back to Estes Park. I made it back about 5:00 so the day was gone as far as hiking was concerned. I will get rested up tonight and ...
A peak at some of Colorado's hot spots
... the town of Grand Lake. The Continental Divide runs along the crest of the Rockies, from British Columbia, through the United States, and continues southward into Mexico and Central America. It divides the continent's principal drainage. On the east side ...
The Adventure Begins...
... begun to bond into the amazingly wonderful group of Percolators that we are today. Those first few days at the YMCA at Estes Park , Colorado were spent going over the itinerary, playing a few getting to know you type games, checking to see everyone had ...
Rocky Mountain National Park
... pizza. We had nice conversation and an interesting waiter named Bear! Yes, that's right. No, it's not short for anything nor is it a nickname. After dinner we headed back to Estes Park to watch a movie and go to bed early ...
Storm Pass
... , I mean that I am going up a trail that is made for coming down. I would be able to tell this from a topography map of the park but I did not have one. They are expensive and I didn't think it would be economical for me to buy one.) I had been hiking ...
Day 10-13 - Memphis to Denver (Rockies)
... then 2 days of hiking in the Rockies where eye-popping scenery, waterfalls and the Colorado river awaits. Day 12 - Estes Park, Colorado (Rockies) "those simple bear necessities...forget about your worries and your strife" Very early rise to finish the ...
Estes Park
... week. We left the airport and headed straight towards the mountains! It's about one hour and thirty minutes from Denver International to Estes Park. Use the toll roads. It's worth the four bucks. Estes Park is perched 7,500 feet high in the ...
Georgeousness
... . Rocky Mountain has been added to my list of top parks. By the time I turned onto Marys Lake Road I was seeing the start of Estes Park. I cannot believe how beautiful the valley is and all the houses. It would be amazing to have grown up there. Next I ...
Hiking a Portion of Long's Peak
Long's Peak elevation is 14,259 feet; its peak offers the highest elevation in the Rockies. We wanted to hike a portion of this 8 mile trail which ranged from moderate to most difficult (rock climbing at the peak). We only hiked 2 miles in (4 miles round ...
Hiking in the Rockies
... views. The first hiking trail we chose started from the Wild Basin Area on the south side of Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a 10 mile hike ranging from moderate to strenuous. Beginning elevation at Wild Basin Trailhead was 8,566 feet and ended at ...
Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP)
... #7 in America’s eight most incredible drives. It is the highest continuous highway in the U.S. Trail Ridge Road traverses RMNP from Estes Park in the east to Grand Lake, CO in the west. With more than eight miles of roadway at an elevation of ...
Hiking Bear Lake Corridor
... waterfalls, and breathtaking views. The second hiking trail we chose started from Bear Lake on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park and ended at Mills Lake. It was a 6 mile hike ranging from easy to moderate. It was heavily travelled. Beginning ...
Estes Park , CO
Estes Park serves as the eastern gateway city to Rocky Mountain National Park. Estes Park hosts about 3 million travelers from around the world each year. Almost all commercial activity takes place in Estes Park because the national park is preserved in ...