Winter Hiking and Snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park
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- See the beauty of winter in the Rocky Mountains when the landscape is draped in a blanket of snow, and you can enjoy the silence of this famous national park away from the tourist crowds.
- During winter, there are fewer visitors in the Rocky Mountains, and local wildlife is more active, making this the perfect holiday for animal lovers.
- Keep your eyes open along the trail for elk, moose, deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, bears, coyotes, cougars, lynx, wolverines and more.
- Snowshoe past Copeland Falls and Calypso Cascades, which will be frozen into crystalline ice flows and sparkling like jewels among the spruce trees.
- Tuck into freshly prepared, delicious meals prepared by your multi-talented leader, who is also a Rocky Mountains expert and certified Colorado snowshoeing guide.
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Welcome to Colorado! Your adventure begins bright and early this morning in Estes Park with an 8:30 am welcome meeting. Meet your group and local leader over a welcome breakfast before setting out on your first hike. Today, you'll a snowshoe hike at a relatively low ...
Travel into the high country this morning, near the Continental Divide and gear up for the Bear Lake trailhead. Today, your group will hike to Emerald Lake. Traverse through the high subalpine forest, past alpine lakes into meadows carved by glaciers. If it's cold eno...
After breakfast this morning, you’ll take the shuttle to the quiet, lush environs of Wild Basin, a less-travelled region of the park. Snowshoe along the snowy creek-side access road to the Wild Basin trailhead and follow the creek past Copeland Falls and Calypso Casca...
Your final trek is a snowshoe hike to Mills Lake, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. This is one of the more popular alpine lakes, named after one of the National Parks' most influential figures, Enos Mills. This trail boasts some pretty outstanding mountain views. ...
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