Milner Pass, USA
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What is Milner Pass
Milner Pass, elevation 3279 m (10,758 ft) is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. It is located on the continental divide in the Front Range, within Rocky Mountain National Park, along the boundary between Larimer and Grand counties. The pass provides the passage over the continental divide for U.S (...)
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frommers.com
"Passing through three ecosystems, the relatively short (albeit slow) drive provides a cross-section view of Rocky Mountain National Park, its plants and animals, its forests and valleys, and its famous alpine tundra, quite likely the bleakest, but most fascinating, terrain most people will ever see."
frommers.com
"He later became a proponent of the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park, and he split his time between the mountains he loved and the cities of the eastern United States, where he lobbied heavily for the legislation to create the park."
en.wikipedia.org
"It is located on the continental divide in the Front Range ,within Rocky Mountain National Park ,along the boundary between Larimer and Grand counties."
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"Continue north on US 40 to Granby, then pick up US 34 and drive over rolling sagebrush hills to Lake Granby, where a jagged crest of glaciated peaks stands high above the water, extending north into Rocky Mountain National Park."
nationalgeographic.com
"PlanetWare.com > North America > United States > Colorado > Colorado -Front Range around Denver > Rocky Mountain National Park > Trail Ridge Road."
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"Milner Pass is near the height point on Trail Ridge Road (U.S. Highway 34 in Rocky Mountain National Park) and is open only during summer months, allowing a seasonal connection by road to Estes Park."
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"Trail Ridge Road is the name for the stretch of U.S. Highway 34 that traverses Rocky Mountain National Park from Estes Park, Colorado in the east to Grand Lake, Colorado in the west."
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jussi from Finland wrote about Rocky Mountain National Park one year, 5 months ago
One of my favorite national parks. We visited here in early September - it was still warm during the daytime althouhg higher altitudes were almost freezing cold. The views were magnificient. The waters are clear and sparkle in the sun, mountains are majestetic, and elks and deer graze peacefully on the meadows.
The park has many cleary marked trails. It's best to reserve plenty of time here. My absolute favorite is the Chapin Trail up to the Mount Chapin.
jussi from Finland wrote about Bear Lake one year, 6 months ago
Bear Lake is only 100 meters or so from the parking place and thus packed with people. It is, however, an excellent starting point, from which many trails begin. The lake itself is nice: the surroundings are handsome and the waters are clear. We continued from Bear Lake to the glacier lakes upper in the mountains... Another good option could have been to go to the Flattop Mountain - maybe next time...
matthewjohn from USA wrote about Rocky Mountain National Park one year ago
If you're wanting a hike that isn't QUITE as busy, head to Wild Basin, in the southeast part of the park. The hike to Ouzel Falls is one of my favorites. Along the way you'll come to Calypso Cascade, which is worth the price of admission to the park.
jussi from Finland wrote about Estes Park one year, 6 months ago
This small tourist town is a gateway to the Rocky Mountain National Park. The town center is small and filled with shops selling outdoors equipment. We didn't spend much time in the town though - the RMNP is so close that we went there for the daylight hours. ... p.s. the local micro brewery's beer is ok ;-)
jussi from Finland wrote about Stanley Hotel one year, 6 months ago
The Stanley Hotel is old and charming. It's known as being "The Shining" hotel - the hotel supposedly inspired Steven King's book and later the film. The hotel building is magnificient wooden structure painted white. We got a room facing south and thus had a great view to the Rocky Mountains. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
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jussi from Finland wrote about Alpine Trail Ridge Inn one year, 6 months ago
A clean motel just outside the Rocky Mountain National Park. Our room was nice and spacious. Altogether the motel seemed to be equipped for the national park visitors, i.e. hikers and trekkers: location was good, rooms had refridgerators, a big map of the trails was on the room wall, ... Our room was on the upper row and the view to the mountain was - again - magnificient.
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jussi from Finland wrote about Estes Park one year, 6 months ago
The town seems to live on a distinctive rhythm along with its adventurous visitors. People wake up early to get to the Rocky Mountain National Park in time and most of the shops close already at 5pm and at 9pm the town is very quiet. This rhythm makes sense though because the best hiking hours in RMNP are in the morning: the probability of thunder storms is high in the afternoon and especially in the higher altitudes the weather can change rapidly (as we experienced today when the hail storm set in in the middle of a sunny day...)
jussi from Finland wrote about Mount Chapin Trail one year, 4 months ago
The Mount Chapin trail was my favorite hike in the RMNP. The trail begins below the treeline but quite soon rises above the trees. The grand view over the mountain range makes you feel very small as you see the forests and valleys and mountains continuing in front of you for miles and miles. We saw only very few other people on the trail, but the more deer and elks and even our first pica's! :-) The other easy-to-reach-by-car trails were definitely more crowded.
Also this trail is clearly marked and quite easy to walk. It'll get windy and quite cold above the treeline and it's said that the afternoon thunderstorms are common.
jussi from Finland wrote about Deer Mountain Trail one year, 4 months ago
We took the Deer Mountain trail on the last hiking day at the Rockies. The trail is one of the easier ones and not too long (or interesting, for that matter), but it's very conveniently located by the road going through the Rocky Mountain National Park . The path is easy to tread and there are many good spots to sit down for a while and enjoy the views over the valley and watch the Stellar Jay's fly.
jussi from Finland wrote about Nymph Lake one year, 4 months ago
The Nymph Lake was the second glacier lake on our hike starting uphill from the Bear Lake. The lake is actually more like a pond: shallow and small and in many places covered with water-lilyes (or similar).
I took the photo after a long hike from the lake just to show that That's where we came from! The lake in the photo is Nymph Lake from which our trail continued upwards to left towards the Dream Lake.
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