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Colorado Estes Park vs. Buena Vista/Salida Help
Posted on 8/17/23 at 6:32 am
Posted on 8/17/23 at 6:32 am
Scheduled to fly into Denver labor day weekend for 3 days of hiking and sightseeing (and cool weather). Trying to decide on a single location to spend all of the days rather than trying to hit up both areas in a short trip. Need to book accommodations (yeah i'm late) and looking for suggestions as to which area will provide the most activities, better accommodations and if one area is overall better than the other.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
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Posted on 8/17/23 at 7:15 am to failuretocommunicate
I love Estes Park and Glacier Lodge. Small old school cabins. Close to the entrance. Dave used to won or run the place. Close to the Bear Lake area. Rock and Rock Mountain Lodge had good food and beer.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:58 am to failuretocommunicate
Go down to Chaffee County for sure. Stay in BV, Salida, Mt Princeton Hot Springs Resorts cabins, or tons of other options down there. Your late attempt to find a place may make it pretty hard though. Lots of 14ers around there to choose from, check out St Elmo mining ghost town. Estes/RMNP will be overpacked on a holiday weekend. You'll have slow/terrible traffic going both ways to either, but there's so much more to do down in the huge Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area/Chafee County.
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This post was edited on 8/17/23 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:25 pm to failuretocommunicate
Estes Park will have cooler temps and much better hiking options close by, but those options will be in the park that I doubt you have reservations for....so you will be hiking really early or late afternoon.
If you go to the Valley and plan on flying out on Monday you best allow a minimum of 5 hours to get back to Denver. Also driving over to BV on Friday any time after 10am will take twice as long as it should.
If you go to the Valley and plan on flying out on Monday you best allow a minimum of 5 hours to get back to Denver. Also driving over to BV on Friday any time after 10am will take twice as long as it should.
Posted on 8/18/23 at 8:50 am to failuretocommunicate
EP is legit and basically at the entrance of RMNP. Plenty to do in the area and the Stanley Hotel has one of the best whiskey selections out there if you’re into that.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 12:33 pm to failuretocommunicate
RMNP/Estes is great....but there's some great hiking near BV in the National Forest. It will most def be less crowded than a national park on labor day weekend. If you're ok w/ crowds and some traffic, Estes is a great choice. Personally I'd go to BV/Salida, less touristy, smaller crowds and still plenty of outdoor options.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 12:35 pm to failuretocommunicate
Estes Park
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:02 pm to failuretocommunicate
Be aware, Estes and RMNP have massive amounts of construction going. They are making the city a huge loop, and redoing both main entrances to RMNP.
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