Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Rocky Mountain National Park (Rocky Mountains), Verenigde Staten

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Avalanche season (15 okt – 15 jun (meestal)), Ranger-led snowshoe walks (15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal))

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Avalanche season (15 okt – 15 jun (meestal)), Ranger-led snowshoe walks (15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Frozen Dead Guy Days, Spring break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Frozen Dead Guy Days

  27–29 mrtGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Avalanche season (15 okt – 15 jun (meestal)), Ranger-led snowshoe walks (15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Avalanche season (15 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Timed entry reservations, Memorial Day weekend

• Regel

  Timed entry reservations

  22 mei – 18 okt · meestalBoek vroegDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Opening

  Trail Ridge Road season

  25 mei – 15 okt · meestalWandelseizoenSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Avalanche season (15 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Timed entry reservations, Summer peak

• Feestdag

  Summer peak

  15 jun – 20 augSchoolvakantiesDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Tundra wildflowers

  25 jun – 5 aug · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Timed entry reservations (22 mei – 18 okt (meestal)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Avalanche season (15 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Timed entry reservations, Summer peak

• Risico

  Afternoon lightning season

  5 jul – 5 sep · meestalOnweersseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Timed entry reservations (22 mei – 18 okt (meestal)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Summer peak (15 jun – 20 aug), Tundra wildflowers (25 jun – 5 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Timed entry reservations, Summer peak

• Feestdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Timed entry reservations (22 mei – 18 okt (meestal)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Summer peak (15 jun – 20 aug), Tundra wildflowers (25 jun – 5 aug (meestal)), Afternoon lightning season (5 jul – 5 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Timed entry reservations, Labor Day weekend

• Natuur

  Elk rut

  10 sep – 20 okt · meestalBronsttijdDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Aspens turning

  18 sep – 8 okt · meestalHerfstkleuren

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Timed entry reservations (22 mei – 18 okt (meestal)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Afternoon lightning season (5 jul – 5 sep (meestal)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Topdrukte — Timed entry reservations, Elk rut

• Risico

  Avalanche season

  15 okt – 15 jun · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Timed entry reservations (22 mei – 18 okt (meestal)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Elk rut (10 sep – 20 okt (meestal)), Aspens turning (18 sep – 8 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Catch the Glow parade, Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Catch the Glow parade

  27 novKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Avalanche season (15 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Ranger-led snowshoe walks

  15 dec – 15 mrt · meestalSkiseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Avalanche season (15 okt – 15 jun (meestal))