People In The Park

Hot holiday treat at Kind Coffee in Estes Park

Three local entrepreneurs share their recommendations and why they love their town next to Rocky Mountain National Park.

Sevag Kazanci (left) and Keith Eshelman (right), co-founders of Parks Project

Giving back to national parks with thoughtful products

Robin Guthrie, Wildland Trekking Guide at Rocky Mountain National Park

Wildland Trekking outdoor guide, Robin Guthrie gives the inside scoop of why winter is the best time to visit Rocky Mountain National Park.

Dylan Maddalena, Head Wrangler, YMCA Jackson Stables

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.

Enos Mills at the 1915 Rocky Mountain National Park dedication in 1915

A chance encounter with conservationist John Muir on a California beach inspired Enos Mills to do for his beloved Rockies what Muir did for Yosemite.

Feeland O Stanley and wife Flora Stanley in their Steamer Car

Freelan Stanley opened his iconic Rocky Mountain hotel after a doctor recommend the mountain air to improve his tuberculosis.

Rebecca Walsh, owner of Basecamp in Laramie, Wyo.

Here’s where to go in Laramie, Wyo. and why from three enterprising locals.

Scott Ortman, top, at an arroyo in southwest Colorado near Mesa Verde National Park

Turkeys, language and oral histories tell the story of the vanished people of Mesa Verde, who, as it turns out, weren’t lost at all.

We sat down with nationally renowned photographer John Fielder to find out what keeps him heading out to photograph Colorado’s wilderness after 40 years.