A big part of driving Trail Ridge Road is seeing the wildlife in their majestic setting. Scroll down for more.
Click on a photo to see the actual road and some of its many features.
Trail Ridge Road on June 7, 2011 from Grand Lake to Estes Park side
of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Learn how snow is made and follow the water. High Definition: 12
minutes. Allow time to buffer.
A big part of driving Trail Ridge Road is seeing the wildlife in their
majestic setting. Scroll down for more.
Click on a photo to see the actual road and some of its many features.
Scroll down for more elk, tundra flowers and marmots!
The landscape is so
immense, that you may miss
seeing some of the animals that are right in front of you. Scroll down
to zoom in the photo above.
This photo by www.MountainLake.com has been used with permission on a
Colorado road map
for many years. Click here to » jump ahead in the presentation to
»» HEAR an Elk Bugle
««
Scroll down to see
wildflowers.
Old-Man-of-the-Mountain wildflowers bowed eastward as usual. The Never
Summer Mountains
are in the far background. These are the only tundra flowers with such
a broad head. Behind each head
is a hoary coat of fibers giving it the Old-Man name. These sunflowers
are sometimes called Sun Gods
or Rydbergia grandiflora. They bloom only once, after several years of
preparation, and then they die!
Scroll down to see miniature flowers.
Alpine Forget-Me-Nots.
Scroll down ...
A few feet from the 12,183
foot high rock cut
at the top of the road is a thriving colony of marmots with fine
southern exposure ...
and extreme winds. Scroll down to meet some of the family members.
Click on a photo to see the nearby road.
Click on me to see the road near where I live. From about
mid-October through May,
the high road is closed and hidden by a very thick blanket of snow. It
is the highest
continuous paved road in The United States. It maintains its elevation
over 12,000
over many miles of rolling tundra. Click here to »» see the
road.
Get some mountain driving practice first ...
Relish
the Drive over Berthoud Pass. Put FUN back into your driving!
Click here for your
special How to get to Grand Lake guide!
Here's to wishing you many pleasant driving experiences and for you
to visit Grand Lake often
and to give your car and self opportunities to relax at your own Mountain Lake property.
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