A popular hike in the iconic Rocky Mountain National Park is now even busier after a natural event caused Lake Haiyaha to suddenly and rapidly change colors. Lake Haiyaha, located just beyond the ...

It was of a lake from back in Colorado, back at Rocky Mountain National Park, where she serves as chief of resource stewardship. She knew the lake, Haiyaha, an Indigenous word roughly translating ...

If you’ve only ever visited Rocky Mountain National Park in the summer or fall—when hiking in the Bear Lake corridor more closely resembles the sluggish shuffle through airport security than a waltz ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — Two trails reopened at Rocky Mountain National Park Wednesday ... Spur Trail on the west side of the park and the Mirror Lake trail system to the northwest.

“We have two wonderful communities that are right at the doorstep of Rocky Mountain National Park,” Patterson said. “Estes Park on the east side and Grand Lake on the west side.” She added ...

You'll explore the park's east side near Estes Park, as well as the west side near Grand Lake. Rocky Mountain National Park requires a timed-entry reservation in addition to your park pass during ...

which connects Grand Lake and Estes Park. The best time to visit Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) is typically fall, when everything is still open but the summer crowds have dispersed.

The parking area at a trailhead on the southwestern side of Rocky Mountain National Park is now closed due to ... That's just outside of Grand Lake. Access to Holzwarth Historic site has also ...

Hikers make their way along Bear Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado, on Friday, May 23, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) “We have been monitoring ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — This summer, Koren Nydick was scrolling Facebook when she stopped at a photo. It was of a lake from back in Colorado, back at Rocky Mountain National Park, where she serves ...

Snowshoe tracks across Sandbeach Lake, which sits just below the Longs Peak massif in Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo by Logan Abbott The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in ...