People In The Park

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

Giving back to national parks with thoughtful products

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Abner Sprague was one of the first settlers to the area that is now Rocky Mountain National Park, and the first park visitor to pay an entrance fee.

Discovered in the sands of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, oddly shaped stones play rock music.