Rocky Mountain Natl Park-Trail Ridge Road
We are planning a trip to Colorado in a few weeks, and would like to take a day trip from our base camp through the park on the Trail Ridge Road. Are there any steep drop-offs on this road? My Briti...
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I have lived in Colorado most of my life and look at Trail Ridge as being the same as RMNP. If you haven't driven Trail Ridge Road, you haven't seen RMNP. For me at least, that would be like going to Yellowstone NP for the first time and skipping Old Faithful Geyser and Yellowstone Falls.
Sure, there are some other scenic attractions at RMNP, but Estes Park is NOT one of them. And limiting yourself just to the east side of the park after traveling 100's of miles to get there is missing the whole objective of the park's creation. The park was created to preserve the high mountains and the tundra, not just the valleys on each side.
Despite it's name, Trail Ridge is not some jeep trail over a high mountain pass. It is paved US Highway 34. Black Bear and Schofield Passes are a completely different story, but they're not in RMNP!
Sure, there are some other scenic attractions at RMNP, but Estes Park is NOT one of them. And limiting yourself just to the east side of the park after traveling 100's of miles to get there is missing the whole objective of the park's creation. The park was created to preserve the high mountains and the tundra, not just the valleys on each side.
Despite it's name, Trail Ridge is not some jeep trail over a high mountain pass. It is paved US Highway 34. Black Bear and Schofield Passes are a completely different story, but they're not in RMNP!
