ESTES PARK Rocky Mountain National Park received its highest annual visitation in 2016. The park received a total of 4,517,584 visitors for 2016, which was an 8.7 percent increase over record visitation in 2015. All months in 2016 set visitation records except for December. This visitation represents a 32 percent increase since 2014, and a … Continue reading
ESTES PARK Winter presents many challenges for the plants and animals that call Rocky Mountain National Park home. For visitors to the park, it seems that survival in these conditions is near impossible, but for the wildlife the secret to survival is hidden just under the surface of the Colorado snowpack. Learn how plants and … Continue reading
ESTES PARK Estes Valley Recreation and Park District announced the approval and receipt of the building permit for vertical construction of the new 70,000 square-foot Estes Valley Community Center. Located at 660 Community Drive, the new facility will be home to multigenerational community space, including senior services, library resources, childcare facilities, indoor gardening space, meeting … Continue reading
By George Watson ESTES PARK The popular Tinsel Tavern Tour returns for another year of food, drink, entertainment, costume contests and all around holiday merriment. On Dec. 10, dress in retro ski apparel and prepare to take part in a safe, fun-filled evening out on the town to discover Estes Park’s craft beer, wine and … Continue reading
ESTES PARK The Estes Park Music Festival has once again assembled a Winter Series season of top talent making it a popular destination for the best music and the finest versatile entertainment from November to May. The program returns to its traditional home at the Stanley Hotel in 2016-17 after a year of construction on … Continue reading
By Jennifer Pund BOULDER The Barrel is growing. The popular Estes Park craft beer, wine and spirits garden created from shipping containers is adding a second, similar location in Boulder at the Twenty Ninth Street Mall. Owners Ingrid and Lou Bush are “excited” to get moving on the project and plan to have a similar … Continue reading
By Jennifer Pund ESTES PARK Joe Elkins insists you don’t have to be a whisky drinker to enjoy Elkins Whisky. With the help of his two partners, Alabama native McShan Walker and Nathan Taylor of North Carolina, the Georgia native and Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado-Greeley is crafting a … Continue reading
FRONT RANGE Recreational boating is one of the most widely enjoyed forms of outdoor recreation in the United States, and its no different in our land-locked state. Whether you’re an avid boater or simply enjoy sailing or paddling a few weekends a year, the mountain lakes, rivers and creeks of Colorado’s Front Range have something … Continue reading
ESTES PARK The Historic Park Theatre is delighted to host free previews of two episodes — “Big Thompson Flood” and “The Stanley Hotel” — from the upcoming season of Rocky Mountain PBS‘s award-winning series Colorado Experience. The event is sponsored by the Estes Park Film Festival* in cooperation with the Colorado Office of Film, TV … Continue reading
ESTES PARK There are many cases of symbiosis in Rocky Mountain National Park. Lichens are formed by the symbiotic relationship between algae and fungus. Legumes depend on soil bacteria to fix nitrogen into the soil. The list goes on and on. Out of all of these examples, it shouldn’t shock us that a bird and … Continue reading
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