Cosa c'è in programma a Parco nazionale delle Montagne Rocciose (Stati Uniti d'America) durante l'anno

Affollato — Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Avalanche season (15 ott – 15 giu (di solito)), Ranger-led snowshoe walks (15 dic – 15 mar (di solito))

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Avalanche season (15 ott – 15 giu (di solito)), Ranger-led snowshoe walks (15 dic – 15 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Frozen Dead Guy Days, Spring break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festival

  Frozen Dead Guy Days

  27–29 marGrande festaAffollato

  The offbeat winter festival of coffin races, a polar plunge and costume balls moved from Nederland to Estes Park and the Stanley Hotel in 2023, and now takes over the town on a late-March weekend. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Avalanche season (15 ott – 15 giu (di solito)), Ranger-led snowshoe walks (15 dic – 15 mar (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Avalanche season (15 ott – 15 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Timed entry reservations, Memorial Day weekend

• Regola

  Timed entry reservations

  22 mag – 18 ott · di solitoPrenota prestoAffollato

  Two permits from late May to mid-October: one for the Bear Lake corridor between 5am and 6pm, one for the rest of the park between 9am and 2pm. They release in monthly batches and the popular days go in minutes. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 magFesta nazionaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Fonte ↗

• Apertura

  Trail Ridge Road season

  25 mag – 15 ott · di solitoStagione dei sentieriChiusure

  The highest continuous paved road in the country is ploughed open around Memorial Day and closed by the first serious October storm. Between those dates it can still shut for a day of snow in July. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Avalanche season (15 ott – 15 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Timed entry reservations, Summer peak

• Festività

  Summer peak

  15 giu – 20 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollato

  Nearly all of the park's four million visitors come in these ten weeks, and most of them want the same three trailheads. The park-and-ride shuttle on Bear Lake Road is full by eight. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Tundra wildflowers

  25 giu – 5 ago · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  The alpine tundra either side of Trail Ridge flowers for a few weeks in July, low to the ground and easy to miss from a car. It is the closest thing in the country to Arctic ground.

Ancora in corso: Timed entry reservations (22 mag – 18 ott (di solito)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mag – 15 ott (di solito)), Avalanche season (15 ott – 15 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Timed entry reservations, Summer peak

• Rischio

  Afternoon lightning season

  5 lug – 5 set · di solitoStagione dei temporali

  Storms build over the divide almost every summer afternoon and the tundra is the highest ground for miles with no shelter on it. The rule here is to be off the high trails by noon. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Timed entry reservations (22 mag – 18 ott (di solito)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mag – 15 ott (di solito)), Summer peak (15 giu – 20 ago), Tundra wildflowers (25 giu – 5 ago (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Timed entry reservations, Summer peak

• Festività

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 setFesta nazionaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Timed entry reservations (22 mag – 18 ott (di solito)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mag – 15 ott (di solito)), Summer peak (15 giu – 20 ago), Tundra wildflowers (25 giu – 5 ago (di solito)), Afternoon lightning season (5 lug – 5 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Timed entry reservations, Labor Day weekend

• Natura

  Elk rut

  10 set – 20 ott · di solitoStagione degli amoriAffollato

  Bulls bugle in the Moraine Park and Horseshoe Park meadows at dawn and dusk through the autumn, and the traffic jams that follow are managed by rangers. Keep well back; people get hurt most years. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Aspens turning

  18 set – 8 ott · di solitoFoliage autunnale

  The stands along Bear Lake Road and up in Kawuneeche Valley turn gold in the last ten days of September, usually a week before the elk rut peaks.

Ancora in corso: Timed entry reservations (22 mag – 18 ott (di solito)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mag – 15 ott (di solito)), Afternoon lightning season (5 lug – 5 set (di solito)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 set)

Folla al massimo — Timed entry reservations, Elk rut

• Rischio

  Avalanche season

  15 ott – 15 giu · di solito

  From mid-autumn into early summer steep snow slopes above popular trails such as Emerald Lake can slide. Check the Colorado avalanche forecast, and in spring cross snowfields in the morning before they soften. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Timed entry reservations (22 mag – 18 ott (di solito)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mag – 15 ott (di solito)), Elk rut (10 set – 20 ott (di solito)), Aspens turning (18 set – 8 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Catch the Glow parade, Thanksgiving break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festival

  Catch the Glow parade

  27 novNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  Estes Park's lit-up holiday parade rolls down Elkhorn Avenue on the evening after Thanksgiving, filling the gateway town with thousands of people and starting its Christmas season. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Avalanche season (15 ott – 15 giu (di solito))

Affollato — Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Ranger-led snowshoe walks

  15 dic – 15 mar · di solitoStagione sciistica

  In snowy winters rangers lead two-hour snowshoe walks on weekends on both sides of the park into mid-March. Reservations open a week ahead and you bring or rent your own snowshoes in town. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Avalanche season (15 ott – 15 giu (di solito))