The Alpine Ridge is a hiking trail at the park. It is only 0.6 miles in distance round trip, but has an elevation gain of 162 feet, according to the National Park Service . The trail typically ...

DENVER — Rocky Mountain National Park is ranked high on a new list of the top 10 best national parks for quality hiking, just behind Great Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone.

A scary situation in Rocky Mountain National Park had a happy ending as an elderly man was rescued after a long fall earlier this week. A 70-year-old man took a 15-to-20 foot fall near Estes Cone ...

Wolves once roamed Rocky Mountain National Park. But that was a lifetime ago. Wolves were largely killed off in Colorado by the mid-1940s through systematic shooting, trapping and poisoning when ...

One of the top attractions in Rocky Mountain National Park, Trail Ridge Road, is still under a seasonal closure. Closures are in place at Many Parks Curve on the east side of the park and the ...

Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, which spans 415 square miles, offers endless recreation opportunities. From watching the trees change colors in the fall to cross-country skiing in the ...

Kent Dannen, seen in this undated photo, wrote the guidebook "Hiking Rocky Mountain National Park." A fixture in the Allenspark area, Dannen was found dead near his home on Jan. 23, 2025. (Debbie ...

This Family-friendly Refurbished 1950s Motor Lodge Is at the Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. Trailborn Rocky Mountains, in Estes Park, Colorado, is part of a new generation of hotels ...