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Rocky Mountain National Park Slideshow
Rocky Mountain National Park
Travel Blogs from Rocky Mountain National Park, United States
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Back to the Rockies
Needless to say after a day of workshops, a very boring afternoon I may say, I hopped the hotel shuttle for the airport. I didn't have much to eat during the day as there wasn’t much gluten free food and I was anxious for dinner and a cappuccino. ...
Hike to Sprague Lake
Waking up in Rocky Mountain National Park is a wondrous thing. The Glacier Basin is surrounded by mountains so clouds are over some with other peaks visible. The basin campground has campsites are on ½ of the area with a large glassy area around the ...
Colorado and Home
... . Sign Some time was left after golf so let's head up and over the highest point in Colorado - in the Rocky Mountain National Park. This would eventually take us on a round about way to Denver via Granby and Winter Park. Highest Point At ...
The Rocky Road
... story building?) We drove the interstate to our exit and then were on U.S. routes the remainder of the way to Rocky Mountain National Park. Unfortunately, our campground was on the east side of the park and we had to drive through the park to ...
The Road at the Top of the World
A road goes nearly around Rocky Mountain National Park that starts down in Boulder, thru Estes Park and then over a 12,000+ summit and onto the west side. The road, at 12,000 looks down onto most peaks full of snow and glaciers. We thought that we'd drive ...
Snow topped mountains in the sunshine
... on the prettiest walk so far, a 7 mile loop through open pine woodland and meadows with a fast flowing creek along the way in the National Park. Sadly did not see any moose – but plenty of moose pooh – and some probably from a coyote or even a ...
High Places and Switchbacks!
We are still taking advantage of some down time and traveled north of Denver to Boulder and then on to Estes to enter Rocky Mountain National Park. This is a beautiful park and best experience by car not large RV - if you're not ...
Rocky Mountain National Park
... or long, but filled to the brim with history and interesting facts about the climate, plant life, and wildlife found within Rocky Mountain National Park. I am really glad we went on the walk. It was very educational. For instance, we learned that 300,000 ...
Engagement
... with God and we got engaged to be married on May 15th. On monday we went snowboarding at Keystone, tuesday went to the sanddunes national park, wed went to garden of the god's to go rock climbing, thursday we were back in minnesota to pack up for winter ...
Elans et marmottes: Check!
... dans les Montagnes Rocheuses. Et pour ça, quoi de mieux qu’un parc national au sud du Colorado ? Surtout que le Rocky Mountain National Park offre des monts de plus de 4000 mètres. On a donc pu randonner dans des endroits absolument superbes, ...
Day 20 - Marmots and Mountains!
Today's plan was to drive the 40 miles up to Estes Park, and into the Rocky Mountain National Park. We set off about 9am, knowing it was going to be quite busy. We took about an hour to get to the park and our first awe inspiring view when we came close ...
Fly Fishing
... the Big Thompson River outside of the Park, then he fished in the quieter pockets among the rushing waters below a waterfall inside the Park. A group of Asian tourists were delighted with his 20th catch of the day and asked him to pose for a photo. These ...
Reggae, campfires & s'mores!
From Moab we headed to Rocky Mountain National Park. We stayed with Lloyd – a park ranger & camped in his garden. Through Lloyd we also met Alyssa who was also a park ranger and so we had our own ranger guided hike along with her friend Andrew ...
Colorado Rocky Mountain High.......
... aspens to the snow frosted mountain peaks in the distance. Of course we had to get some footage of the kids and I singing 'Rocky Mountain High' (By John Denver). After seeing the Rockies, I can understand why John Denver loved these mountains so much. ...
On Top of the World!
... even the water pipe connected to the 5th wheel was frozen solid. We hopped in the truck and went to a different part of the Rocky Mountain National Park today. The first walk we did was at a place called 'Alluvial Fan' - an area where a dam burst in ...
Rocky Mountain National Park
... the upper peninsula of Michigan, only with mountains! We arrived in a little touristy town thats just prior to the beginning of Rocky Mtn. Ntnl. Park called Estes Park. Lots of cute little shops, restaurants, all that jazz. We stopped to ...
One of our favorites.
We had first visited Rocky Moutain National Park in September of 2008. We were so taken with the parks beauty that when we found ourselves unexpectedly 'in the neighborhood' again we had to make a return visit. We've been waiting for a ...
The hills are alive…
... National Park, as the all camping in the National Park was full. The highlight of Colorado was definitely the Rocky Mountain National Park. What a stunning natural area, full of mountains (derr), pine trees of different colours that make the landscape ...
There be rocks in them there hills..!
... , the drive to Estes Park and through it was just great. We stopped a few times along the way before reaching the Rocky Mountain National Park, just to take pictures. We also met a few very friendly chipmunks who thought we had food for them. They were ...
Snow Up To My Chest!
... for such a hike at that altitude, but I had to try! The weekend came and a window opened Sunday to go to Rocky Mountain National Park. I'd head the parking lot at Glacier Gorge can fill up quick so I got up at 4am and made the 3 hour drive planning ...
Estes Park, CO: Camping in Moraine Valley
... at Rocky Mountain National Park for the first time. Karen, Ginger, and Justin chose Moraine Valley of the Rocky Mountain National Park to camp -- it's one of the coldest camping spots since the topography of the terrain routinely channels cold air ...
Rocky Mts. Day 2
... on the shuttle and went to Bear Lake and started our hike. We hiked a total of 3.6 miles. Ty and Amberly did so awesome. Probably because there was so much to see. We saw many mountain tops and a total of 3 lakes....it was beautiful. Enjoy the pics. ...
What a WONDERFUL Day !!!
... in the park that stood just another 3,000 feet. Hiking this time of year was awesome especially in the Rocky Mountain National Park. The contrasts and varying shades of green in the evergreen trees, the brilliant colors of the changing Aspen ...
The longest hike
... to the Pool. It’s a 1.7 mile hike one-way, and I’m surprised how many people are bringing small children. The path is rocky and rooty. I have to look at my feet a lot to avoid tripping. It means I can’t enjoy the scenery as much, but ...
Rocky mts. Day 3
... get out of the mts....But it was so worth it because we got to see two moose!!! It was so cool!!!! In the morning we are headed to Elko, NV with a quick stop at Dinosaur National Monument. Thanks for all the posts... we love you all!!! ...
Rocky Mountain National Park (2/2)
Au programme : randonnée dans la neige jusqu'au Emerald Lake, Randonnée au Deer Mountain à 3000m Route par l'autoroute 70 à travers les rocheuses à parfois plus de 3000m pour sortir de la neige et du ...
The Rocky's....
... . So, Ram was always happy to finally reach our destination. The funniest thing happened though.... We ended up getting a room for the night only because the great Rocky Mountain National Park was closed for construction!?!?!?!?! huh?!?!?!?! ha ha ...
Rocky Mountain High
... (sticker shock - paying about $2.34 per gallon and that's cheap for Colorado), we started the drive up to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National park. The photos below show the highlights. After we entered the park, we got pelted by pea sized ...
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