Trout bums: Go-carts, 'Huskers and greenbacks Jul 23, 2009
Estes Park is small town near the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park and has a few too many go-cart tracks for my taste ... At any rate, Mike and the shop owner, Grant Rollo, sent Ed and I on a "short hike" up the Roaring River inside Rocky Mountain National Park. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Trout bums: The Perfect Stream Jul 17, 2009
We were told by a guy from Colorado that green back cutthroats are to be found in Rocky Mountain National Park. It's on the endangered species list but the park officials actually encourage anglers to try for them. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Rocky mountain high Jul 17, 2009
Donning rain gear and warm clothing we left the Fall River entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park on July 3 at 6:30am. Ahead of us we had a daunting 4,500 foot climb to get to the high point of Trail Ridge Road. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Free weekend at national parks, July 18-19 Jul 15, 2009
The Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain National Park and Yosemite are among well over 100 parks and monuments around the country offering free entrance under the program. In North Carolina, visitors to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore area will be able to visit the Wright Brothers National Memorial free of charge. (Yahoo News)
A Husker Store in Buffalo Country Jul 8, 2009
- a quaint mountain town of 6,268 people that gets about 3 million visitors per year, thanks to Rocky Mountain National Park. Colorado may seem like an unlikely spot for a Husker shop, but there is enough support to fuel the business, which has been open for more than ten years. (Nebraska Statepaper)
National parks eye smaller carbon footprints Jun 24, 2009
Rocky Mountain National Park runs shuttles so backpackers don't have to drive to trailheads. Other parks such as Wisconsin's Apostle Islands National Lakeshore are asking visitors to do their part with tours, education programs and public awareness campaigns. (MSNBC -- Environment)
RELATED: Good vs. bad ozone Jun 24, 2009
Park biologist Karl Cordova at the Longs Peak Air Quality Station in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. On some days, ozone from Denver, 55 miles away, violates federal clean air standards here. (USA Today -- Weather)
Best Places to Live 2009 Jun 17, 2009
Located just outside the breathtaking Rocky Mountain National Park, Loveland, Colo. is considered the "Gateway to the Rockies." But while it has 27 public parks and nearly 16 miles of recreation trails, it's Loveland's affection for man-made beauty that sets this community of 56,000 residents apart. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
The Top 10 Housing Markets for the Next 10 Years Jun 6, 2009
Not far from Colorado's breathtaking Rocky Mountain National Park are the neighboring cities of Fort Collins and Loveland. Thanks to university research, local support, and private investment, this area of roughly 300,000 residents is evolving into a leading center for traditional and renewable energy, says Brian Willms, the president and CEO of the Loveland Chamber of Commerce. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
'Epic Summer, A Colorado Family Adventure' Features All-Inclusive Guided Trips in the Rocky Mountains Starting at $199 Per Person Per Night Jun 4, 2009
- Guests can choose from four- or seven-day itineraries featuring the best of Colorado from Rocky Mountain National Park to whitewater rafting to scenic mountaintop picnics ... June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- This summer, Vail Resorts is offering for the first time ever an all-inclusive, guided vacation experience, "Epic Summer, A Colorado Family Adventure." Guests can explore the best of Colorado's Rocky Mountains - Keystone, Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek and Rocky Mountain National Park -... (PR Newswire)
National park entry fees to be dropped on 3 weekends Jun 3, 2009
WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service will allow visitors free entry during three weekends this summer to encourage Americans to visit national parks such as the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Rocky Mountain National Park. The fee waivers -- one each month in June, July and August -- will apply to all 391 national parks across the country, from Alaska to Florida. (Anchorage Daily News)
Soon, weapons will be everywhere May 30, 2009
Augustin wrote on May 27, 2009 4:07 PM:" Ms. Bishop,In 1996 Moses Street was hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park when he noticed a cougar about to pounce on him. The cougar backed off when Street yelled and waved his arms. Street climbed a tree and used a branch to stop a second and third attack. The animal didn't leave until Park Rangers rescued him after Street's girlfriend alerted them.In 1997 a 4-year-old boy was attacked by a lion at Mesa Verde National Park. The lion had previously been... (Missoulian, MT)
Family fun, great summer savings in ski country May 26, 2009
In fact, to encourage families to visit in summer, for the first time, Vail Resorts has launched all-inclusive summer vacations complete with airport pickup, guided hikes, mountain picnics, visits to Rocky Mountain National Park and even a parents night out (). Also check out for more deals on everything from lodging to restaurants to shopping. (CNN)
Park Service honors Denali ranger for his work Outside May 25, 2009
Armington also has served in Rocky Mountain National Park, Pinnacles National Monument, Yosemite National Park, Curecanti National Recreation Area and Isle Royale National Park. ADVERTISEMENT. (Anchorage Daily News)
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Golden in a day Sometimes the road to there is the adventure (168) May 18, 2009
Dream Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado ... We departed Troy, Ohio, pre-5 a.m. on a westward dash to go rough it for a week in the wilderness of Rocky Mountain National Park ... So feeling squeaky clean, we leave the hotel and wind our way up to Estes Park, a spunky village a few miles east of Rocky Mountain National Park. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
The road is home for family traveling USA in their RV May 18, 2009
Along their journey, they've been camping in national parks across the USA. Here they pose for a family portrait atop their motor home in Rocky Mountain National Park ... "Roads scholars" Sam, left, Anna and Mary Claire listen as Joe reads about a bird they saw in Rocky Mountain National Park. (USA Today -- Life)
Fort Collins Marriott Hotels Offer Summer Discounts Starting at $89 May 17, 2009
Ranked the Second Best Place to Live in America by Money Magazine, Fort Collins is home to premier whitewater rafting and fly fishing at nearby Poudre River, and camping and hiking at world famous Rocky Mountain National Park. While in town travelers can visit Colorado State University, Promenade Shops at Centerra and Old Town Fort Collins, the inspiration for Main Street USA at Disneyland. (PR Newswire)
Crews Rescue Man After Fall From Colorado Glacier May 14, 2009
DENVER (May 13, 2009)--Rangers have rescued a 57-year-old man who fell while mountaineering in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park and spent 24 hours lying at the base of a glacier before being found. Park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson says the Loveland man took a "tumbling fall" down Ptarmigan Glacier at 11 a.m. Monday. (KWTX.com, TX)
Crews rescue injured man at national park in Colo. May 13, 2009
DENVER - Rangers hauled an injured man to safety late Tuesday after he fell while mountaineering in Rocky Mountain National Park and spent 24 hours lying at the base of a glacier before being found. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Longs Peak summit by 9 a.m. (138) May 11, 2009
Because a scraggly Rocky Mountain National Park ranger planted the idea in my mind. I had wandered into the backcountry office the previous day, sucking water from the tube to my hydration pack and chomping trail mix. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Dynamite Used To Reveal New Layer Of Dinosaur Fossils May 2, 2009
Dave Larsen, Steve Bors, and Tim George, a blasting team from Rocky Mountain National Park, rode to the rescue in mid-April. Over several days these skilled employees, using their expertise with explosives, blew away the rock covering the fossils and exposed a significant amount of the fossil-bearing layer so that excavation can begin again this year. (Science Daily)
Dino-mite: Utah quarry gets explosive treatment Apr 29, 2009
That's why they sought out the blasting crew from Rocky Mountain National Park that typically uses explosives for work on trails, roads, utility lines and parking lots. "There was no other way for us to get to these bones other than using these explosives," he said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Cellist to fill Rosenthal's shoes at Sitka festival Apr 28, 2009
He has been accepted for yet a third artist-in-residence spot in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado later this summer. Meanwhile he's showing some of his work and talking about his experiences online at. (Anchorage Daily News)
Spring Snow Storm Cripples Denver Apr 19, 2009
Nearly 3 feet of snow had fallen by Friday afternoon in Rocky Mountain National Park about 60 miles northwest of Denver, forcing officials to close its Beaver Meadows and Fall River entrances because snowplows couldn't keep up. Many suburban Denver schools sent students home early Friday, and at least three Colorado Springs-area high schools delayed weekend proms because of the storm. (Fox News)
Spring Blizzard Slaps Colo., Wyoming Apr 19, 2009
Nearly 3 feet already had fallen in Rocky Mountain National Park about 60 miles northwest of Denver. One person died in a two-vehicle accident on slick roads in Weld County, Trooper Gilbert Mares of the Colorado State Patrol said. (CBS News -- US)
DENVER SNOWSTORM BLAST; UP TO 24 INCHES... DEVELOPING... Apr 18, 2009
A WINTER STORM WARNING is also in effect for mountain areas east of Vail Pass including the mountains of Summit County, Winter Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park. These areas could see a total of 1 to 2 feet of snow. (The Drudge Report)
Photo Safaris: Environmentally Friendly "Hunting" Trips Apr 14, 2009
Early on an autumn morning, a light confection of snow begins dusting treetops on the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. We ve pulled our 4x4 to the side of the road, and I m huddled low by the fender to line up my camera for a shot of four approaching elk. (Scientific American)
New chief ranger named at Mount Rushmore Apr 13, 2009
Hart serves on the park service s Critical Incident Stress Management Team, which supported operations in Louisiana shortly after Hurricane Katrina and assisted Rocky Mountain National Park after the death of a park ranger who died in a fall in the backcountry in 2005. Hart also serves on Mount Rushmore s ropes access team that provides preservation work on the sculpture. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Pipeline plan takes shape (57) Apr 9, 2009
waterplanner wrote on Apr 1, 2009 11:24 AM:" This isn't all of Wyoming's water to keep, per the agreement. And why such deep feelings against the neighboring state of CO? It's ok to flood into Colorado every weekend to go shopping, or to the zoo, or to DIA, or to Rocky Mountain National Park, or skiing, or even Wal-Mart? All these people up here are hypocrites - talking about wyoming this and that, but then going to Colorado all the time. Give them some water already, you'll need it when you're... (Casper Star-Tribune)
Obama OKs New Wilderness Protections Apr 4, 2009
Among those created by the new law: the Wild Monongahela Wilderness in West Virginia, the Mount Hood Wilderness in Oregon, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Wilderness in Michigan, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness in California and Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness in Colorado. Sierra Club president Carl Pope praised the law as an asset in the fight against global warming. (KSBW 8, CA)
Obama signs bill protecting 2 million acres of wilderness Apr 1, 2009
Land protected ranges from California's Sierra Nevada and Oregon's Mount Hood to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Land in Idaho's Owyhee canyons, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan, and Zion National Park in Utah also won wilderness protection. (Boston Globe)
Congress votes to expand wilderness in 9 states Mar 26, 2009
Land to be protected in the bill ranges from California's Sierra Nevada and Oregon's Mount Hood to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Land in Idaho's Owyhee canyons, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan and Zion National Park in Utah also would win designation as wilderness, and more than 1,000 miles of rivers in nearly a dozen states would gain protections. (USA Today)
Congress OKs protection for Ariz. lands Mar 26, 2009
Some of the largest protected areas include California's Sierra Nevada, Oregon's Mount Hood, Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park and some of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. In addition, the bill permanently recognizes more than 850 federal sites nationwide under the National Landscape Conservation System, such as national monuments, wilderness areas and scenic trails. (AZCentral -- News)
Senate Bill Protects 2M Acres Of Wilderness Mar 21, 2009
The legislation -- a package of nearly 170 separate bills -- would confer the government's highest level of protection on land ranging from California's Sierra Nevada mountain range and Oregon's Mount Hood to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Copyright 2009 by. (KSBW 8, CA)
Wilderness bill hitches a ride through Senate; House next Mar 20, 2009
The legislation -- a package of nearly 170 separate bills -- would confer the government's highest level of protection on land ranging from California's Sierra Nevada and Oregon's Mount Hood to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. In Oregon, the measure would protect about 204,000 acres -- 128,000 at Mount Hood. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Vail Resorts offers family summer vacations Mar 18, 2009
Standing at the top of the Continental Divide in a trip to world-renowned Rocky Mountain National Park. Whitewater rafting down a scenic Colorado river. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
House kills controversial bill Mar 12, 2009
News Story - Idaho State Journal. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Wednesday defeated a bill to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Bill for wilderness areas loses in House Mar 12, 2009
The 1,200-page bill a collection of about 170 individual bills would confer the government's highest level of protection on land ranging from California's Sierra Nevada mountain range to Oregon's Mount Hood, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Land in Idaho's Owyhee canyons, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan and Zion National Park in Utah also would win designation as wilderness, and more than 1,000 miles of rivers... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Get a move on it Feb 28, 2009
The beetle infestation "has reached epidemic proportions as a result of climate issues," said Kyle Patterson, spokeswoman for the Rocky Mountain National Park. The beetles are causing problems all over America's mountainous west, but the issue is particularly visible at Patterson's park, northwest of Denver. (CNN -- Travel)
• Yellowstone wolf visits Colorado Feb 26, 2009
Edward's group supports restoring wolves to Colorado and has suggested releasing them in Rocky Mountain National Park to naturally thin the elk herd that biologists say is too large and has damaged habitat by overgrazing. Thirty-three elk were recently shot or euthanized in the first round of the park's plan to reduce the herd size. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Senior Travel Feb 13, 2009
Nine-day trip includes round-trip air, sightseeing to include Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park, Georgetown Loop Railroad, Vail, Grand Junction, Durango and Silverton Railroad, Royal Gorge Railroad, Pike s Peak Cog Railway, Garden of the Gods and more. Cost from $2,399 (Collette). (Danvers Herald, MA)
John Dingell: America's Longest-Serving Representative Feb 11, 2009
I spent four years at Rocky Mountain National Park and one year at Mount Rainier. I did all kinds of things, I was what they called a utility ranger. (Time.com)
Colorado delegation should support Omnibus Lands bill Feb 10, 2009
A Salazar spokesman said last Friday that the Secretary, authored several provisions that will help protect signature landscapes in Colorado, including in Rocky Mountain National Park and on the Western Slope ... For Colorado, this bill will finally protect over 316,000 acres located within Rocky Mountain National Park and establish the new Dominguez-Escalante Wilderness that has passed through endless local public review. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
