O que acontece em Parque Nacional das Montanhas Rochosas, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Avalanche season (15 Out – 15 Jun (normalmente)), Ranger-led snowshoe walks (15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Avalanche season (15 Out – 15 Jun (normalmente)), Ranger-led snowshoe walks (15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Frozen Dead Guy Days, Spring break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Frozen Dead Guy Days

  27–29 MarGrande festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Avalanche season (15 Out – 15 Jun (normalmente)), Ranger-led snowshoe walks (15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Avalanche season (15 Out – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Timed entry reservations, Memorial Day weekend

• Regra

  Timed entry reservations

  22 Mai – 18 Out · normalmenteReserve cedoLotado

  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 ↗

• Feriado

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 MaiFeriado nacionalLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

• Abertura

  Trail Ridge Road season

  25 Mai – 15 Out · normalmenteTemporada de trilhasFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Avalanche season (15 Out – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Timed entry reservations, Summer peak

• Feriado

  Summer peak

  15 Jun – 20 AgoFérias escolaresLotado

  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 ↗

• Natureza

  Tundra wildflowers

  25 Jun – 5 Ago · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradas

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Timed entry reservations (22 Mai – 18 Out (normalmente)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 Mai – 15 Out (normalmente)), Avalanche season (15 Out – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Timed entry reservations, Summer peak

• Risco

  Afternoon lightning season

  5 Jul – 5 Set · normalmenteTemporada de tempestades

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Timed entry reservations (22 Mai – 18 Out (normalmente)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 Mai – 15 Out (normalmente)), Summer peak (15 Jun – 20 Ago), Tundra wildflowers (25 Jun – 5 Ago (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Timed entry reservations, Summer peak

• Feriado

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SetFeriado nacionalLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Timed entry reservations (22 Mai – 18 Out (normalmente)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 Mai – 15 Out (normalmente)), Summer peak (15 Jun – 20 Ago), Tundra wildflowers (25 Jun – 5 Ago (normalmente)), Afternoon lightning season (5 Jul – 5 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Timed entry reservations, Labor Day weekend

• Natureza

  Elk rut

  10 Set – 20 Out · normalmenteÉpoca do cioLotado

  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 ↗

• Natureza

  Aspens turning

  18 Set – 8 Out · normalmenteCores do outono

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Timed entry reservations (22 Mai – 18 Out (normalmente)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 Mai – 15 Out (normalmente)), Afternoon lightning season (5 Jul – 5 Set (normalmente)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 Set)

Lotação máxima — Timed entry reservations, Elk rut

• Risco

  Avalanche season

  15 Out – 15 Jun · normalmente

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Timed entry reservations (22 Mai – 18 Out (normalmente)), Trail Ridge Road season (25 Mai – 15 Out (normalmente)), Elk rut (10 Set – 20 Out (normalmente)), Aspens turning (18 Set – 8 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Catch the Glow parade, Thanksgiving break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Catch the Glow parade

  27 NovNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Avalanche season (15 Out – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Movimentado — Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Temporada

  Ranger-led snowshoe walks

  15 Dez – 15 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de esqui

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Avalanche season (15 Out – 15 Jun (normalmente))