Rocky Mountain National Park
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Rocky Mountain National Park Hikes: Mills, Jewel, and Black Lakes
What strange times these are. I don’t know about you all, but I’m definitely missing the mountains and my usual weekend warrior adventure schedule. I know I’m doing a lot of vicarious living right now through everyone else’s adventure posts, and I hope that I can provide the same for all of you. I have… Continue reading
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Rocky Mountain National Park Hikes: winter at Lake Haiyaha
This is one of the few hikes in Rocky that I actually completed in the winter first, and this experience really emphasized the fact that everything looks so different beneath the summer sun than it does covered in snow. I’d never done much winter hiking before moving to Colorado but I learned quickly that winter… Continue reading
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Rocky Mountain National Park Hikes: Sky Pond
Ask someone from Colorado what the must-do hike is in Rocky Mountain and many will probably say Sky Pond. The jagged mountain ridge lines above this high mountain lake are pretty iconic. And it’s just a neat hike. Plus, you pass by two waterfalls and two lakes along the way. It’s a lot of bang… Continue reading
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Rocky Mountain National Park Hikes: Bear Lake to Fern Lake
Welcome to hike #2 in my Rocky Mountain National Park Hikes series! Rocky Mountain operates a free shuttle system from May to October that allows you to leave your car in Estes Park or at the Park-n-Ride inside the park boundary and take the bus to the trailheads, eliminating the stress of arriving at 6:00am… Continue reading
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Rocky Mountain National Park Hikes: Gem Lake
As a perpetual vacation planner, it’s probably not terribly surprising that I started planning Colorado adventures months before our arrival. Nothing too in depth, because reality forced me to balance adventure planning with job applications and house hunting and the like. Nevertheless, I decided early on that we were going to spend as much time… Continue reading