Gear up for an unforgettable celebration as Estes Park decks the halls for the inaugural Catch the Glow Holiday Season. For 7 weeks, the town transforms into a dazzling wonderland, welcoming families to celebrate with joyous festivities. Bundle up your kiddos and join us at Bond Park on Saturday…
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Estes Park has something magical in store for you this holiday season with the launch of the very first Catch the Glow Holiday Season! With 7 full weeks of holiday events and experiences, we have something special waiting for every type of traveler. With so many things to choose from, we decided to…
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(Pictured: The Stanley Hotel during East Troublesome and Cameron Peaks Fires in 2020. Photo by John Cullen) This fall, Estes Park commemorates our first responders three years after the Cameron Peak fire and East Troublesome fire, which became the second-largest wildfire in Colorado history after…
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While Isabella Bird is an icon of Estes Park history, her admiration expands beyond the borders of Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park and even the United States. Throughout our journey celebrating the intrepid explorer 150 years after her trip to Estes Park, we have had the privilege of…
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From bugling elk, to landscapes glittered in yellow and orange, experiencing October in Estes Park has always been one for the books, but perhaps something that may not immediately come to mind when you think of fall in Estes Park is…ghosts! Home to the iconic Stanley Hotel, which many associate…
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On October 21, 2023, experience the finest spirits the Rockies have to offer at the annual Rocky Mountain Craft Spirits Festival! As a way to celebrate Colorado’s homegrown distilleries, this festival has been an Estes Park tradition every October since 2018, and this year, it will be bigger and…
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We know Isabella Bird to have been a great explorer of the Rocky Mountains, but she also explored many other places around the world such as Australia, China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, India, Iran and Hawaii. Ms. Bird did this in a time when lone travel was rarely heard of, or accepted for women. This…
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Traversing into the mountains sounds like the perfect way to escape from the stress of everyday life, but when you can’t completely disconnect from the office, they're also a terrific place to find some solace in working remotely. With several charming spots to post up for some email responses or…
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As we continue our celebration of Isabella Bird, who defied social norms of the time with unscathed determination to put Estes Park on the map, we continue to sit down with historians to eagerly learn more about Bird and her travels. Among one of her most famous excursions, Bird managed to summit…
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For a lot of us, hiking and being in nature is the best therapy, and here in Estes Park we have many trails perfect for reconnecting with ourselves. Shopping is also good therapy for some folks, and our beautiful town certainly has a lot of that, too. It’s easy to spend the entire day just walking…
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