Aug 23 2026
Emerald Lake is one of the classic hiking destinations in Rocky Mountain National Park. Reached from the Bear Lake Trailhead, the route climbs through subalpine forest past Nymph Lake and Dream Lake before ending beneath the dramatic walls of Hallett Peak and Flattop Mountain. The scenery-to-effort ratio helps explain why the trail is so popular. …
Aug 15 2026
Bear Lake is one of the most recognizable destinations in Rocky Mountain National Park. Sitting at approximately 9,475 feet above sea level, the subalpine lake is surrounded by spruce, fir, lodgepole pine, and dramatic mountain scenery, with Hallett Peak and the Continental Divide forming an impressive backdrop. Unlike many of Rocky Mountain National Park’s famous …
Apr 30 2026
A national park elopement can replace banquet halls and elaborate décor with granite cliffs, alpine lakes, desert canyons, ocean overlooks, waterfalls, forests, and some of the most extraordinary landscapes in the United States. But getting married in a national park is not quite as simple as choosing a beautiful overlook and showing up with an …
Jul 10 2024
Rocky Mountain National Park protects one of the most spectacular sections of Colorado’s Front Range, where glacier-carved valleys rise toward alpine lakes, tundra, rugged ridgelines, and peaks exceeding 13,000 and 14,000 feet. Located northwest of Denver between Estes Park and Grand Lake, the park encompasses roughly 265,800 acres and more than 350 miles of hiking …
