Estes Park campgrounds and green jeep tours
First extended trip with new rv (27 foot class c) and wanting mountain views. No experience driving in mountains. Current ideas are stop in Colorado Springs for a couple of days then Estes Park and...
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I too love RMNP, but not Estes Park. My first trip there was in 1957 and I spent a summer working as a surveyor in the RMNP area in the 1960's. But now I won't go to Estes except in mid-September and even then never on a weekend.
My suggestion is don't miss it but, as others have suggested, go to Granby-Grand Lake, not Estes. There are a number of Forest Service campgrounds around Granby Reservoir and Shadow Mountain Lake. We like the Stillwater cg for the e!ectricity, but, if you have a generator, you could stay at any of them. Then rent a car or reserve a van service in Granby or Winter Park and take a day trip over Trail Ridge Road through the west entrance.
Avalanche car rental in Granby HERE.
Limo van service over Trail Ridge from Winter Park: http://www.coloradotour.com/services/
For more info on camping along US 40, see my blog HERE.
My suggestion is don't miss it but, as others have suggested, go to Granby-Grand Lake, not Estes. There are a number of Forest Service campgrounds around Granby Reservoir and Shadow Mountain Lake. We like the Stillwater cg for the e!ectricity, but, if you have a generator, you could stay at any of them. Then rent a car or reserve a van service in Granby or Winter Park and take a day trip over Trail Ridge Road through the west entrance.
Avalanche car rental in Granby HERE.
Limo van service over Trail Ridge from Winter Park: http://www.coloradotour.com/services/
For more info on camping along US 40, see my blog HERE.
