I unexpectedly have a day off tomorrow, any suggestions? Don't know the park at all!
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Day hike suggestions for Rocky Mountain National Park?
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May not be the best place tomorrow for a hike in the park proper. Bear Lake is closed and some other near by areas. Could be a bit smokey. :O
http://www.eptrail.com/estes-park-news/ci_21748272/conditions-hampering-efforts-fight-fern-lake-fire-rocky
Having said that, a good little hike that snakes in and out of NPS/USFS land with great views of Longs Peak is Twins Sister.
http://www.protrails.com/trails/view/64
Just an FYI, it is not supposed to be the best weather tomorrow:
http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone?Sites=:coz033
Bad for hiking…good for the fire! :)
(Suggest the nearby Wild Basin for lower elevation hiking if that is the case and you don't mind rain and light snow. Sand beach lake could be a good one http://www.protrails.com/trails/view/58 )
It looks like you can now drive to the Bear Lake parking lot, Mags. As of yesterday. Given that, a nice hike would be from Bear Lake to Odessa Lake and back. A fun hike in Wild Basin is to Ouzel Lake and back. But I'm with Mags–it'll probably be crappy weather tomorrow–wind and 50% chance of rain.
Figures the one day I have off in forever and it's gonna be fiery rain out. Thanks for the suggestions and info!
Nothing like fiery rain to ruin a good hike!
"I've seen fire…I've seen rain".
Ah, Mr. James Taylor, have you seen both at the same time?!?!! :D
Looks like there are sill closures (at least according to the RMNP website)
http://www.nps.gov/romo/naturescience/currentfires.htm
Probably best to call either way.
Yeah, Mags, they must have made that closure decision this morning, or maybe late last night. Your Twin Sisters idea seems to be the best one now, or somewhere around James Peak.
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