Category: Rocky Mountain National Park

A park ranger stops traffic while Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep cross Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. There are four herds of bighorns […]

Dream Lake is one of Rocky Mountain National Park’s most visited alpine lakes. It can be reached after a mile hike (about 400 ft of […]

With snowfall totals being above average for the winter, four feet of the stuff still covers the ground in mid May in the vicinity of […]

Longs Peak (14,259ft / 4,346m) towers over frozen Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park after a May snowstorm. If you happen across a Colorado […]

Taken while sitting on a rocky outcrop in Rocky Mountain National Park’s Mills Lake during a summer storm. Drops can be seen hitting the water […]

The hike from the Glacier Gorge trailhead to Mills Lake is relatively short. (Actually, I’m convinced that it is shorter than the “official” distance, which […]

This view looks south to Longs Peak, the Keyboard of the Winds, and Pagoda Mountain from the shores of Mills Lake in Rocky Mountain National […]

This is a photo of my winter tent next to Loch Vale in Rocky Mountain National Park. I took it during a snowshoe backpacking trip […]

Taken from the north side of Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, this photo shows Longs Peak at sunset through the colors of the […]

The view of Longs Peak from Rock Cut, near the top of Trail Ridge Road, at sunset in late summer.

This is one of my favorite sunrise locations in Rocky Mountain National Park. It’s a short hike or snowshoe from the Bear Lake parking lot.

Waking up early and driving to Rocky Mountain National Park on a cold and rainy International Migratory Bird Day, we started a tour of the […]

The view of Hallett Peak from Dream Lake in winter.

Looking out at the plains while hiking up to Lake Haiyaha. Bear Lake and Nymph Lake can be seen below.

Lake Haiyaha is located near Bear Lake, the most popular area for hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. I usually avoid this area during the […]

Hallett Peak (12,713 ft) reflected in Nymph Lake in late summer.