My son works at RMNP and has been clearing snow at the Alpine Visitor Center and on the the upper parts of Trail Ridge Rd. He said they’re shooting for a June 4 road opening if possible.
Kip Miller Colorado Springs On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 5:55 PM Carl Bendorf <[email protected]> wrote: > I spent part of the morning yesterday in RMNP and have a few observations > of possible interest to birders: > > > - As you may already know, starting June 4, a timed entry ticket will > be required to enter the park. The park website says "reservations" can be > made for June 4 through July 31. This is all designed to limit crowds--you > can read more at https://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/fees.htm. > - There appears to be a "loophole" in that if you can enter the park > BEFORE 6 a.m., apparently there is no entry ticket (or entry fee) > required. I believe the same is true if you enter after 5 p.m. (no entry > ticket required.) > - The Wild Basin entrance is completely closed to vehicles. When I > was past there last week, the little parking area at the entrance was > completely blocked off so it may not be possible to park and walk in > either. > - Trail Ridge Road is open only to Rainbow Curve. We park a little > ways past the gate and certainly didn't see much snow so I suspect this > closure (again, no info in when it might open) is intended to limit the > number of visitors to the park. > - One of the better spots for birding in RMNP is Endovalley but the > road in Endovalley is closed after the West Alluvial Fan (my guess is to > keep groups from congregating in the Endovalley picnic area.) Also, the > parking at West Alluvial Fan has been reduced by various barriers, traffic > cones, and the parking of some construction equipment. As far as I could > tell, it would be OK to park at West Alluvial Fan and walk further west > along the road but we couldn't find parking. > > Of course, all of this seems to be subject to change and the park > continues to figure out (experiment?) with safely re-opening. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Carl Bendorf > Longmont > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/67101512-1479-4f4e-803c-90c310afd0e8%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/67101512-1479-4f4e-803c-90c310afd0e8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABQ%2BxQU9KumLRb4VFoNdejUiweQYJCjQ--MsNjdBu66tLtTMgg%40mail.gmail.com.
