Colorado trip in mid May
Friends are considering renting a RV in Denver and spending a week going to Rocky Mountain National Park, Vail then over to Arches National Park. They asked if we wanted to gi with them. We have ne...
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WallynDiane wrote:
Friends are considering renting a RV in Denver and spending a week going to Rocky Mountain National Park, Vail then over to Arches National Park.
They asked if we wanted to gi with them. We have never traveled to this area before and it is on our bucket list. I am worried that higher elevation roads may not be opened yet by mid May.
We love cold weather camping so that isn't an issue.
We went to Yosemite in mid May '11 and the upper elevation roads were still not opened. We missed Glacier Point and Tioga Pass because of closed roads.
How risky is it going there in mid May?
As has been suggested - Look at Utah first (it can be really HOT even in May, so the earlier the better). That will give you another week to possible see Trail Ridge and RMNP - That said we have hiked in April and the higher Lakes are still frozen solid so...... also one year we got to the top of the Mountain and the weather changed in the 100 or so minutes it took to run down we got 6-8 inches of snow and it took 3 hours to drive back to Boulder in 20+ inches.
If you enjoyed Yosemite you will likely enjoy this trip - GO FOR IT.
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