Tag: Estes Park
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Rocky Mountain National Park returning reservation system in 2024
Rocky Mountain National Park is returning its reservation system in 2024, marking a fourth summer of the crowd management. The details are similar to years past. One change noted in the park’s recent announcement: making some timed-entry slots available to book online the night before at 7 p.m., rather than at 5 p.m. previously. “These…
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For Colorado’s autumn glory, we can always count on Gazette photographers
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Ooooh, look at that,” Gazette photo editor Christian Murdock remarked as the road crested to reveal an image in the distance: fresh snow coating the Collegiate Peaks. Snow, he knew, would be a great complement to Colorado’s classic, autumn color. So it was on Cottonwood…
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Colorado fall bucket list: Pumpkin patches, corn mazes and more
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The summer heat has lifted. A cool, familiar crisp has returned. The tourist crowds are thinning. The colors are changing. The kids are in the groove at school. It’s time to give them a break — to show them what a great state it is they call home. Here are 10 fall to-dos around Colorado…
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Heading to Estes Park’s famed elk rut? Here’s what to know
Coloradans love the season of love. That is, the season when elk proceed with mating rituals in what has been described as a “wildlife soap opera” in one of the state’s most scenic, iconic destinations. The elk rut coincides with fall colors, making it one of the busiest times of year at Rocky Mountain National…
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Quintessential Colorado: 12 iconic destinations to visit in Rocky Mountain National Park
In our popular consciousness, Rocky Mountain National Park is a mere image, a postcard, a simplified idea of quintessential Colorado: big mountains scraping a big sky. But to truly appreciate the park, you have to know its specifics — the pieces, the dimensions, that all together paint an even more magnificent picture. Here we reminisce…
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Trail Ridge Road on Estes Park side closed for 90 minutes due to car crash
Update: The road reopened around noon Sunday after a 3-vehicle accident closed US-34 between Deer Ridge Junction and Rainbow Curve. A 3-vehicle accident in Rocky Mountain National Park has temporarily closed a section of Trail Ridge Road (US-34) on the east (Estes Park) side of the park. “Trail Ridge Road is temporarily closed between Deer…
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Denver flights, area fireworks displays postponed due to weather and an eagles’ nest
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Rain, hail, lightning, possible tornadoes and a recently discovered eagle nest put a glitch in the 2023 Independence Day celebrations around the Denver metro area. At 2 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for areas around metro Denver, the eastern plains and parts of Nebraska and Kansas. Weather delays hit Denver…
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Rockslide closes Highway 7 in Boulder County
Drivers are advised to avoid Highway 7 in Boulder County after a rockslide closed the road Wednesday morning, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The clearing of the highway is expected to take days. CDOT officials said the highway is closed at mile marker 23 between Spruce Drive and Old Saint Vrain Road near CO…
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Get ready for new delays at Rocky Mountain National Park this summer
A summer visit to Rocky Mountain National Park always requires some planning in advance. That will be especially true this summer. The Fall River entrance station, the park’s second-most trafficked gateway on U.S. 34 near Estes Park, will be reduced to one lane in and out during what is being called “a major construction project.”…
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Your bucket list for Colorado outdoor fun in 2023
No list should determine satisfaction in Colorado’s outdoors. That should be more so determined by spontaneity, by those unexpected moments around the turn of any trail we might take. But goals are good, along with ideas. Consider these for your new year: Grand escape Grand Lake gets lots of love in the summer; it’s a…