From the urban delights of Colorado’s cities to the stunning natural grandeur of one of America’s most breath-taking National parks…It’s only a short drive from Fort Collins to Estes Park at the eastern park entrance. After a briefing from Kyle Patterson at the Park HQ, we set off on one of the most awe-inspiring roads I have experienced. Up, up, up over 12,000 feet into the Rocky Mountain National Park
http://www.nps.gov/ on the highest highway in North America, with tempting hikes at every turn (top). Crossing the Continental Divide at Milner Pass (middle) where snow lingers into June and then down into the headwaters of the soon-to-be-mighty Colorado River, where scruffy elk were sloughing their winter coats. (bottom)
From the urban delights of Colorado’s cities to the stunning natural grandeur of one of America’s most breath-taking National parks…It’s only a short drive from Fort Collins to Estes Park at the eastern park entrance. After a briefing from Kyle Patterson at the Park HQ, we set off on one of the most awe-inspiring roads I have experienced. Up, up, up over 12,000 feet into the Rocky Mountain National Park http://www.nps.gov/ on the highest highway in North America, with tempting hikes at every turn (top). Crossing the Continental Divide at Milner Pass (middle) where snow lingers into June and then down into the headwaters of the soon-to-be-mighty Colorado River, where scruffy elk were sloughing their winter coats. (bottom) 
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