News about Colorado National Parks

In light of the spread of COVID-19, trying to find out what is open and closed in our national parks is a moving target these days. Here are updates.

Go from guided hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park to sandboarding the drifts in Great Sand Dunes National Park, with stops for hot springs, lakes and river rafting.

This 6-day vacation for two people includes Estes Park lodging, dining, and guided snowshoe tours through a Rocky Mountain winter wonderland.

“Experiencing the parks at night through the lens of a camera is one of the coolest things I’ve done and the images... are absolutely stunning.”

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.

2016 Grand Prize Winner: Joan Gales. Weekly winners: Teresa Media, Stephanie Henry, John Mckeel, Christina Moore, Susan Ansorge, Don Spiegel, Yael Neubauer

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.

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.

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

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.

You're invited to submit your design for a hedge maze in front of the The Stanley Hotel which was the inspiration for "The Shining."

Wood-planked sidewalks, funky Western restaurants, and friendly folks with wide smiles and cowboy hats pushed Grand Lake to the top of the list.

The U.S. government has allocated $3.5 million to repair RMNP roads damaged by the 2013 flood. Old Fall River Road reopened on July 2, 2015.

Come celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Rocky Mountain National Park

National and state parks are reporting more extreme occurrences of graffiti on a range of surfaces.

A wildfire started burning in the Rocky Mountain National Park on October 9, 2012. By October 12th it had burned 660 acres.

Lily Lake, a popular hiking and fishing destination on Colorado's Highway 7 (part of the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway), is beginning repair on a dam this week that was rated "high-hazard" by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

Since the pine beetle outbreak began in 1996, more than 3 million acres of Color. forests have been devastated. In spring of 2012, the park began spraying.