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 ...

“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 ...

Horace Albright, director of the National Park ... lower than both Estes Park and Grand Lake. Most travelers call Trail Ridge Road a must-do while in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Lily Lake (Easy) Located on the south side of Rocky Mountain National Park on Colorado Highway 7 between Estes Park and Wild Basin, this scenic alpine lake offers a flat, accessible 0.8-mile trail ...

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.

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 ...