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To honor my dad's memory, who recently passed away, I spent the day driving up to, then snowshoeing around Rocky Mountain NP-retracing part of a family vacation I took with him, his wife, and my brother many years ago. The vacation was a week long road trip throughout Colorado, of which we spent a day around Estes and RMNP. The craziest part of that trip occurred in RMNP, where we had a picnic out in the middle of the wilderness with some gourmet Italian deli meats and cheeses that my dad and wife flew in from a deli in New York. Probably against the rules by today's regulations, but it was a lot of fun at the time. I think he would have enjoyed some of these pictures, but probably would have skipped on all of the snowshoeing I did - preferring the gourmet meats and cheeses instead.
On the peak to peak highway, just before reaching Estes Park. Mt. Meeker and Longs are in the background with a fresh dusting of snow from a recent storm.
Estes Park and the Stanley hotel. Lumpy Ridge, with its world class granite rock climbing is visible in the distance.
Entrance to Rocky Mountain NP with some friendly photobombers. RMNP is a great destination this time of year. There are minimal crowds and tons of snowshoeing/x-country skiing to be had - although many of the south facing trails I tried were surprisingly devoid of snow for this time of year. Snow can turn even the ugliest dirt road into a wonderful x-country ski trail!
North face of Longs Peak, just after a winter's storm
The alluvial fan. A popular tourist destination and one of the stops we made in RMNP before our picnic. It gets southern exposure, but I was still surprised to see it completely devoid of snow.
Near the start of the Fall River road, with Deer Mountain in the background. I had to hike up about 2 miles before reaching significant snow.
A rocky outcrop like this one was the site of our picnic lunch.
Or was it this one? Hard to remember - there are a million of these throughout the park. Anyway, thanks for viewing!
To honor my dad's memory, who recently passed away, I spent the day driving up to, then snowshoeing around Rocky Mountain NP-retracing part of a family vacation I took with him, his wife, and my brother many years ago. The vacation was a week long road trip throughout Colorado, of which we spent a day around Estes and RMNP. The craziest part of that trip occurred in RMNP, where we had a picnic out in the middle of the wilderness with some gourmet Italian deli meats and cheeses that my dad and wife flew in from a deli in New York. Probably against the rules by today's regulations, but it was a lot of fun at the time. I think he would have enjoyed some of these pictures, but probably would have skipped on all of the snowshoeing I did - preferring the gourmet meats and cheeses instead.
On the peak to peak highway, just before reaching Estes Park. Mt. Meeker and Longs are in the background with a fresh dusting of snow from a recent storm.
Estes Park and the Stanley hotel. Lumpy Ridge, with its world class granite rock climbing is visible in the distance.
Entrance to Rocky Mountain NP with some friendly photobombers. RMNP is a great destination this time of year. There are minimal crowds and tons of snowshoeing/x-country skiing to be had - although many of the south facing trails I tried were surprisingly devoid of snow for this time of year. Snow can turn even the ugliest dirt road into a wonderful x-country ski trail!
North face of Longs Peak, just after a winter's storm
The alluvial fan. A popular tourist destination and one of the stops we made in RMNP before our picnic. It gets southern exposure, but I was still surprised to see it completely devoid of snow.
Near the start of the Fall River road, with Deer Mountain in the background. I had to hike up about 2 miles before reaching significant snow.
A rocky outcrop like this one was the site of our picnic lunch.
Or was it this one? Hard to remember - there are a million of these throughout the park. Anyway, thanks for viewing!