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RockyMountainHikingTrails.com is the most comprehensive site on the internet for hiking trails in Rocky Mountain National Park. We provide detailed information for more than 70 hiking trails in the Rockies, including trail descriptions, key features, pictures, trail length, difficulty ratings, elevation profiles and trail maps. We also offer maps and books related to hiking, history and travel in the surrounding Rocky Mountain National Park region at our Hiking Gear Store.
To begin your next Rocky Mountain hiking adventure, simply click on one of the trail directories below:
| About Rocky Mountain National Park |
Encompassing more than 265,000 thousand acres, and with more than sixty
peaks topping out at more than 12,000 feet, Rocky
Mountain National
Park is home to some of the most spectacular scenery on Earth. With
more than 350
miles of trails meandering throughout the park, Rocky Mountain is also
widely known
as a hiker’s paradise. To learn more about hiking in the Rockies and
what the park has to offer, including information on hiking at altitude, a list
of our top
10 favorite hikes, as well as many other hiking and travel related
articles, tips and recommendations, please visit our About
RMNP page.| Guide Books and Maps for Rocky Mountain National Park |
Rocky
Mountain National Park Dayhiker's Guide describes more than thirty
of the most popular day hikes in the park. In words and color
photographs,
author Jerome Malitz emphasizes not only the destination of the hike,
but also
the remarkable features along the way. All trails are cross-referenced
with National
Geographic’s Trails Illustrated topographic maps.
Rocky
Mountain National Park: The Complete Hiking Guide
explores all 400 named features in the park, from casual strolls to
class 4
climbing. Two-thirds of the book covers off-trail hikes not commonly
found in other
guidebooks. This in-depth book was written by Lisa Foster, a biological
science
technician for RMNP, who has more than 7000 hours of backcountry
expertise.
Best
Easy Day Hikes Rocky Mountain National Park details 36
of the best day hikes that lead to some of the park's most scenic
destinations.
With hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this
guidebook is geared towards everyone, including experienced hikers and
families with children.
To see all
our books related to hiking, history and
travel in Rocky Mountain National Park, and the surrounding region,
please
click
here.