Early Report - Estes Park CO As A Destination
For folks interested in coming up to Estes Park this year, a few things of note, that may be of interest: 1 - I started checking on reservations for both Moraine Park as well as Glacier Basin insi...
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LowRyter wrote:
You know, I really enjoyed Grand Lake much more than Estes Park. Totally on the other side of RMNP.
Part of our ritual for our first seasonal visit to RMNP is to stay in Estes but make the drive over the Grand Lake (once Trail Ridge opens) and have lunch there and walk around town visiting all the shops. We make it a point to always buy something in Grand Lake, to support the local economy as much as we can.
Grand Lake is also AWESOME in the winter -- they bill themselves as the "Snowmobile Capital of Colorado", with excellent trails, groomed and easily accessible, as well as open, ungroomed meadows to play in. We've been over there several times and enjoyed a package deal of a cabin and snowmobile rental, and may look to do the same thing again this year before the snow season winds down.
