SUMMER:

• Backpacking
• Biking
• Bird watching
• Camping
• Climbing
• Fishing
• Golfing
• Hiking
• Horseback riding
• Mountaineering
• Nature walks
• Off Roading Tours
• Rock climbing
• Scenic drives
• Shopping
• Stargazing
• Wildlife viewing

WINTER:  

• Cross Country Skiing
• Ice Skating
• Sledding
• Snow Shoeing
• Snow Skiing

SPECIAL LINKS AND EVENTS:

• American Wilderness Tours
• Chamber Resort Association
• Estes Park Information
• Estes Park Recreation and Parks District
• Estes Park Jaycee's 4th of July Shootout Fireworks Celebration
• Explore-Rocky.com
• Moses Street Photography
• Ride-A-Kart Family Fun Park

BICYCLING:  Enjoy the scenic views of the peaks and see all of Estes Park on bike!

Local Links:  

• Colorado Bicycling Adventures

FISHING:  Sport fishing is permitted in Rocky Mountain National Park, a protected area. Fishing activities are balanced with efforts to restore and perpetuate natural aquatic environments and life.  A valid Colorado fishing license is required for all persons 16 years of age or older. 

There is also a lot of fishing outside the park as well including fly fishing in some of this state's finest streams.

GOLFING:  Estes Park has both a 9 and an 18 hole golf course with awesome views of the mountains.

Local Links:

• Estes Park Recreation and Parks District

HIKING:  Rocky Mountain National Park features more than 350 miles of trails that will take hikers to high mountain peaks, waterfalls, lakes, fields of wildflowers and much more. There are hiking opportunities for all ages and abilities - whether your goal is a short nature walk along a high-mountain lake or a multi-day trek along the Continental Divide. With so many trails leading to so many beautiful spots, it's easy to understand why hiking is one of the most popular activities within the park. 

HORESEBACK RIDING:  Guided horseback rides take you to vantage points with awesome views while skilled wranglers describe points of interest and provide a bit of history and humor along the way. There are rides inside the park as well as rides though surrounding areas like Estes Park and Glen Haven.

Local Links:  

• Sombrero Ranch

INDOOR / OUTDOOR ROCK CLIMBING:  Get all aspects of a complete climbing education, from beginning rock climbing to Big Walls, from your first snow school to extreme alpinism.  The area offers some of the finest and most diverse climbing in North America.

Local Links:  

• Colorado Mountain School 
• Estes Park Mountain Shop

SCENIC DRIVES:  Rocky Mountain National Park features some of the best scenic driving in the Colorado Rockies:

• Trail Ridge Road follows a path that the Ute and other Native American peoples used for thousands of years. The trip begins at Deer Ridge Junction, just above the Beaver Meadows entrance, and traverses a spectacular alpine landscape en route to Grand Lake near the west entrance of the park. Reaching an elevation of over 12,000 feet above sea level, Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous highway in the United States.

• Bear Lake Road is second only to Trail Ridge Road in popularity. It is used heavily by dayhikers and picnickers wanting to experience the most spectacular scenery East of the Continental Divide. 

• Fall River Road was the first route over the Continental Divide that was constructed in the early 1920's. At Endovalley, the one-way, all-uphill road begins. The Endovalley picnic area lies adjacent to the Fall River just before you hit the old road.

SNOW SKIING:   Eldora Ski Area is just an hour and a half drive

Local Links:

• Eldora Ski Area

WILDLIFE VIEWING:  With elk bugling in the fall, bighorn sheep with lambs in the spring, coyotes howling, beavers building, and eagles aloft, Rocky Mountain National Park is one of America's great places to see wildlife.