Rocky Mountain National Park

This webpage documents our visit to Rocky Mountain National Park in 2013. We spent the first week of September hiking through the park. I hadn't been to Rocky Mountain since we visited when I was just a young child, so I did not remember it well at all. It has fantastic scenery and lots of places to hike. The links document each of the hikes we did, or you can just click on the Best Photos page to get an overview of our trip and see my favorite pictures.

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Sunday August 25

Monday August 26

Tuesday August 27

Wednesday August 28

Thursday August 29

Friday August 30

Saturday August 31

Fly Frontier Airlines 2.5 hours to Denver, arrive 12:05 PM

Pickup compact car from Hertz

Drive 75 miles to Estes Park

Check in at Murphy's River Lodge Trip Advisor

Sunday Sept 1

Twin Sisters Hike

Ouzel Falls Hike

Monday Sept 2

Flattop Mountain Hike

Hallett Peak

Bierstadt Lake

Tuesday Sept 3

Alberta Falls

Mills Lake, Jewel Lake

The Loch, Glass Lake, Sky Pond

Andrews Glacier

Wednesday Sept 4

Mount Ida Hike

Tundra Trail

Trail Ridge Road

Thursday Sept 5

Chasm Lake Hike

Lily Lake

Nymph Lake, Dream Lake Lake, Emerald Lake

Friday Sept 6

Old Ute Trail

Cascade Falls Hike

Adams Falls

Saturday Sept 7

Fly Alaska Airlines 11:25 AM flight to Seattle, Arrive 1:15 PM

Our hike table

OFG = Outdoor Family Guide, CHG = Complete Hiking Guide

Day	Hike Name	Trailhead	Roundtrip Distance	Elevation Gain	Book Pages
Sunday	Twin Sisters	Twin Sisters	7.8 miles	2338 ft	CHG pg 261
Sunday	Ouzel Falls	Wild Basin	5.4 miles	950 ft	OFG pg 154, CHG pg 185
Monday	Flattop Mountain	Bear Lake	8.8 miles	2850 ft	OFG pg 112, CHG pg 75
Monday	Tyndall Glacier, Hallett Peak, Bierstadt Lake	Bear Lake	1.2 miles	390 ft	OFG pg 115, CHG pg 76
Tuesday	Mills Lake, Sky Pond	Glacier Gorge	9.8 miles	1710 ft	OFG pg 97, CHG pg 64
Tuesday	Andrews Glacier	Glacier Gorge	2.1 miles	* ft	OFG pg 107, CHG pg 71
Wednesday	Mount Ida	Poudre Lake	9.8 miles	2120 ft	OFG pg 181, CHG pg 106
Wednesday	Tundra Trail	Rock Cut	1.0 miles	260 ft	OFG pg 168
Thursday	Chasm Lake	Long's Peak	8.4 miles	2450 ft	OFG pg 142, CHG pg 223
Thursday	Emerald Lake, Dream Lake, Nymph Lake	Bear Lake	3.8 miles	605 ft	OFG pg 106, CHG pg 74
Friday	Cascade Falls	Tonahutu	7.0 miles	300 ft	OFG pg 208, CHG pg 286
Friday	Adams Falls	West Portal	0.6 miles	80 ft	OFG pg 209, CHG pg 275

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