Rocky Mountain National Park

You're headed to Rocky Mountain National Park for the day and you really want to hike. But you're taking Grandma and Grandpa with you, and they're more interested in strolling. Fortunately, there's a place in this sprawling park where the grandparents can stroll while you get a workout...  

Rocky Mountain National Park has always been known for an abundance of spectacular alpine rock climbing and mountaineering.  

Rangers at Rocky Mountain National Park say they're seeing an increase in the number of boulder climbers who stash their 'crash pads' between excusions.  

Longs Peak is the highest peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, and a dominant visual icon in Colorado’s Northern Front Range. Rising to an elevation of 14,259 feet, it is the northernmost of Colorado’s 54 peaks that rise above fourteen thousand feet.  

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK- Volunteers, scientists and park workers fanned out Tuesday across Rocky Mountain National Park with sample bottles as part of a 24-hour "Water Blitz" intended to provide a snapshot of conditions in lakes, streams and rivers.  

Water samples from 250 different streams and lakes inside Rocky Mountain National Park were collected Tuesday as part of a new study.  

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK-- Volunteers, scientists and park workers are fanning out across Rocky Mountain National Park with sample bottles as part of a 24-hour “Water Blitz” intended to provide a snapshot of conditions in lakes, streams and rivers.  

Researchers captured a snapshot-in-time of water quality from 250 locations within and around Rocky Mountain National Park Tuesday.  

When the National Park Service acquired Stead’s Ranch in Moraine Park from Edgar and Dorothy Stopher in 1962, the property included a 9-hole golf course.  

Researchers from the National Park Service and the University of Colorado will fan out over Rocky Mountain National Park today to test water quality. The researchers will be joined by 70 volunteers to gather water samples from 250 locations within the park.  

Rocky Mountain National Park, located roughly 40 miles northwest of Boulder, encompasses roughly 265,000 acres of land in Colorado's northern Front Range. Within the confines of the park lie 350 miles of trails, 150 lakes, and 450 miles of streams.  

Longs Peak is one of the classic American fourteener climbs. This month, staff from the Breckenridge Recreation Department will lead a group of hikers to summit this mountain and visit Rocky Mountain National Park.  

Colorado has 1,300, and counting, species of mushrooms growing wild. But nobody knows exactly how many, and which ones, live in Rocky Mountain National Park. This weekend, 200 amateur mushroom hunters, renowned experts and staff members at the national park may change that.  

A Denver couple has donated $3 million to the nonprofit organization that supports Rocky Mountain National Park.  

A 58-year-old man spent the night beside his car along Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park after it rolled several times after leaving the road near the Gore Range overlook. The identity and hometown of the driver were not released.