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Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Rocky Mountain National Park's high road, east to west: up through the forests to the tundra, over the top at 12,183 feet and down to the Continental Divide. The Ute and Arapaho trail the road follows, how it was built, and life above the trees.

27 min of audio · 17 miles · Read the transcript

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Many Parks Curve. Start while parked; the first story plays when you arrive.
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    4. You're ready to exploreSeasonal: Trail Ridge Road is closed to through travel from about mid-October to late May (as of 11 November 2026 it is closed for winter at Many Parks Curve, the first stop; status line 970-586-1222). In season, a timed entry reservation from Recreation.gov ($2) is needed to enter the park between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. (22 May to 12 October in 2026), plus the entrance fee ($30 per vehicle per day; non-US residents 16+ pay $100 more). Enter at Beaver Meadows, press Start and the tour begins on the way up to Many Parks Curve.

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    Facts from Rocky Mountain National Park (NPS) pages, the NPS National Register nomination and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER CO-31) for Trail Ridge Road, and the Arapaho Language Project (University of Colorado). Music: Brahms, Symphony No. 1, finale, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Musopen (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.