Your Perfect 4-7 Days in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains
What does your dream week look like? Mix and match to create the ultimate vacation.
What does your dream week look like? Mix and match to create the ultimate vacation.
If you can walk, you can snowshoe. This adventure is easily done by all ages and abilities including families with young children.
Family vacation? Find fun for all ages with these kid-friendly activities in and around the park.
Pull back the curtains of history to find out how Rocky Mountain National Park came to be.
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See a striking narrow chasm in western Colorado
Even if you live by the phrase “take only photos; leave only footprints” when you’re outdoors, it still might seem counterintuitive to pack out food scraps and toilet paper.
After a long day of hiking in the National Park, it may be nice to grab a refreshing Colorado beer at Wapiti’s or enjoy a Elk Burger from Grubsteak.
On a recent weekend ride we took Hwy 285 south to Great Sand Dunes National Park where we camped and enjoyed the beauty of the dunes both from inside the park and from our campground. Pack your gear, grab your motorcycle and head south from Denver to ride through amazing views of the central rockies and the southern Colorado landscape.
In a picturesque and sandy landscape of southern Colorado, a Night Skies Photography Workshop was led by pros from Tamron and National Park Trips.
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Soak in one of the two hot springs facilities in Glenwood Springs.
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The high country of Rocky Mountain National Park has extreme weather patterns. Shaped by elevation, slope, and exposure, these patterns can change rapidly.
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While critics have dismissed climate change as a Chinese fabrication or scientific lie, politics are the least problematic of issues at Rocky Mountain National Park
Learn about the night skies photography in national parks and why Andre loves to shoot the stars. What's his favorite? Read to find out.
The Infamous Flapjack Affair, an indie-folk band of four Oxford grads, journeyed on the Colorado River through national parks, making music as they went.
High-class hotelier in Estes Park, Colorado
The NPS Centennial isn’t just about celebrating an incredible past—it’s also a chance to look ahead to an even more incredible future.
Every year people get attacked in the park by wildlife and most of the time it could’ve been prevented simply by following the wildlife safety rules.
A wolverine was killed in April 2016 after traveling hundreds of miles from Grand Teton to Rocky Mountain National Park and finally to North Dakota.
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2016 Grand Prize Winner: Joan Gales. Weekly winners: Teresa Media, Stephanie Henry, John Mckeel, Christina Moore, Susan Ansorge, Don Spiegel, Yael Neubauer
Where to see elk, when to see them, where to park, and elk watching etiquette at Rocky Mountain National Park.
Students in the 4th grade can get a free annual entry pass for their family to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
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For dangerous wild animals in Rocky Mountain National Park, it's recommended you use a larger lens and shoot from the safety of your vehicle.
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In May 2015, we celebrated Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month in Colorado with 1,000 students.
Thousands of vacationers took their family photos in the park. Here's your chance to share your photos and read stories from the last 100 years.
What it is really like to live and work in RMNP? Peek inside the typical days of park rangers, stable managers, volunteers, and outdoor business owners.
National Parks Trips Media is looking for student interns who are nature enthusiasts, social media savvy, good with grammar, and able to assist with our websites
Learn about the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future while experiencing the "Wilderness, Wildlife and Wonder" of Estes Park, Grand Lake, and Rocky Mountain National Park
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Visitors that were forced to stay away in 2013 came in 2014 - 3.4 million in all. Rocky Mountain National Park is back and we don't want you to miss it.
Sprague first came to the area in 1868 with two schoolmates, and eight years later decided to build a homestead in Moraine Park.
Diverse cultures, authentic art, hot air balloons rising with the sun, and a sunny climate enjoyed year-round summarize this destination on the Mother Road.