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Rocky Mountain National Park: Rocky Mountains
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In Rocky Mountain National Park the vistas are everywhere, and unending. Above, azure blue is permanently etched with craggy peaks extending notched, key-like protrusions into a perfect sky. Below, grassy meadows dotted with wildflowers spread an intricate quilt pattern. Deep canyons plunge into velvet green forests far below. Rivers rush down the mountainside to rest in still pools before the long journey to the sea begins again.
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Rocky Mountain National Park has been a candidate for wilderness designation since the Wilderness Act was passed in 1964. The park was established by Congress in 1915 with the help of naturalist Enos Mills and businessman F.O. Stanley. In 1974, President Richard Nixon recommended 239,835 park acres for wilderness designation. The area has been managed as wilderness since the 1960's, its wilderness qualities protected and celebrated by several generations of park managers and visitors.
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Rocky Mountain National Park has 60 peaks rising above 12,000 feet to challenge intrepid hikers and climbers. Anyone visiting between Memorial Day and late autumn can see many of these peaks by driving over Trail Ridge Road, which tops out at 12,183 feet. This is the highest, continuous, paved road in the United States.
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Preview: Rocky Mountain National Park epitomizes the grandeur of classic mountain scenery. The park contains a large segment of the Rockies Front Range one of the most impressive collections of jagged peaks, valleys, glaciers and alpine lakes anywhere in the United States. The western face of the park has thickly forested slopes and expansive meadows, while the eastern face rises precipitously into rugged, snow-covered peaks. Nowhere else in America (save for Alaska) is there such a concentration of towering peaks in so small an area. A visit to Rocky Mountain National Park is an unforgettable journey into rarefied air and breathtaking vistas. This eTrail explains in detail how to tour the park.
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With five drive-in campgrounds Rocky Mountain National Park provides a variety of camping experiences. Two campgrounds, Moraine Park and Glacier Basin, are on the reservation system. Aspenglen, Longs Peak and Timber Creek campgrounds are on a first-come first-served basis. Backpackers may choose from over 200 backcountry campsites when they apply for their backcountry camping permits.
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Rocky Mountain National Park was established on January 26, 1915, covering 265,769 acres of the Colorado Rockies. The lowest points in the park are about 8,000 feet in elevation, while Longs Peak reaches to 14,259 feet. The Trail Ridge Road, which crosses the park, reaches a maximum elevation of 12,183 feet.
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