{"id":10457,"date":"2018-03-06T15:22:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T20:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/?p=10457"},"modified":"2020-06-20T10:18:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T15:18:16","slug":"colorado-river-rmnp-rockymountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/colorado-river-rmnp-rockymountains\/","title":{"rendered":"COLORADO RIVER \u2013 RMNP \u2013 #rockymountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>COLORADO RIVER<\/h1>\n<blockquote><p>The mighty Colorado River that carved the Grand Canyon has its headwaters on the west side of the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park.\u00a0\u00a0The route begins at Grand Lake, western gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park.\u00a0 It ends on a gravel road through spectacular Gore Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>This scenic byway follows the magnificent Colorado River through Colorado as it begins its journey west through the Grand Canyon and flows to the Pacific.\u00a0\u00a0The byway passes mountain valleys, canyons, lakes, historical ranch lands and high-country communities.<\/p>\n<p>In the Park about 9.5 miles north of Grand Lake, you can get closer to the source by hiking from the Colorado River Headwaters trailhead.\u00a0\u00a0Lulu City, an 1880&#8217;s gold mining camp sited along the banks of the Colorado, is now just a green meadow next to a stream in the Park. You can hike or backpack to the site of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lulu_City,_Colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lulu City<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We did not make the hike to Lulu City on this trip.\u00a0 It is definitely on the to do list for a return trip.\u00a0 The trail is a little over 7 miles round trip with very little elevation gain (350 ft.).\u00a0 I really enjoy the meadows on the western side of the park.\u00a0 I have read that there is a good chance of seeing moose in this particular area.<\/p>\n<p>On this particular trip, we used a pull-off alongside the road, and stretched our legs a bit.\u00a0 An unnamed trail along the Colorado yielded some amazing views.\u00a0 The bright blue skies and crystal clear water went on endlessly.\u00a0 The smell of fragrant pines surrounded you.\u00a0 I could have sat by the river for hours.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"474\" 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