Colorado - Rocky Mountain National Park & Northern Colorado (PDF Chapter)
This is the Rocky Mountain National Park & Northern Colorado chapter from Lonely Planet’s Colorado guidebook.
Wherever you go in Northern Colorado, hiking, biking, skiing and rafting adventures await. Head down forgotten roads to visit mining ghost towns, or hike out into the wilderness for back-country adventures that can stretch as far as your imagination.
- laze in hot springs, and hike and bike until your lungs hurt, in Steamboat Springs
- maps
- hop from brewery to brewery in Fort Collins before a day of exploration in the nearby foot-hills
- transport
- summit one of Colorado’s most iconic 14,000ft peaks, Longs Peak
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Fort Col-lins, Sterling, Cache la Poudre River, Red Feather Lakes, Walden, Grand Lake, Granby, Hot Sulphur Springs, Kremmling, Steamboat Springs, Oak Creek, Craig, Dinosaur National Monu-ment, Dinosaur, Meeker.
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