The Alpine Visitor Center

The building to the left is a café and gift shop run by a volunteer group supporting the park. The National Park Service Visitor Center is the building to the right with the reinforcing timbers on the roof. In winter, snow is likely to cover the building!

Rocky Mountain National Park

September 27th 2016
Geo: 40.2522, -105.823After arrival on our first day in GrandLake, we took a short hike to a pretty waterfall, Adams Falls, just to stretch our legs and get a little bit used to the altitude. It wasn't enough to get us acclimated but, at around 8,500 feet, it told us that we definitely were not used to hiking at that level or higher. Doing the hike I particularly wanted to do wo ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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