Great Sand Dunes National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park slipped into sixth place on the list of busiest national parks in 2025, overtaken by Yosemite, according to National Park Service figures. Rocky had been ranked in the top five since 2013. The mountain in the photo is Longs Peak. (John Meyer/Denver Post file)

Yosemite drops Rocky Mountain National Park out of top five on list of busiest parks

By John Meyer

March 19, 2026 at 11:51 a.m.

Attendance at Rocky Mountain National Park saw a negligible increase in 2025 but it fell...

FILE – Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivers a parting statement to witness Michael Scanlon, President of Capitol Campaign Strategies, as he takes the fifth at an oversight hearing on the In Re tribal lobbying matters in Washington, Nov. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Ben Nighthorse Campbell foretold of Denver’s elites and backlash to Democrats (抖阴ap)

By Dave Marston

January 8, 2026 at 10:32 a.m.

A major irritant for Campbell, Ken Lane recalled, was what the senator called the 鈥渆litist鈥�...

Doors are locked at a Rocky Mountain National Park visitors center because of the shutdown of the federal government Wednesday, Oct. 1,2025, in Estes Park, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado funds Rocky Mountain National Park visitor centers amid government shutdown

By Lauren Penington

October 23, 2025 at 1:47 p.m.

Colorado has directed state funds to Rocky Mountain National Park to open two visitor centers...

A bull elk keeps his eyes on the cows gathered around him during the rut season along S. St. Rain Ave in Estes Park, Colorado, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Elk poaching suspected in Colorado national preserve

By Lauren Penington

October 15, 2025 at 6:34 p.m.

Authorities at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado are searching...

Visitors drive past empty guard shack on the road to Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park because of the shutdown of the federal government Wednesday, Oct. 1,2025, in Estes Park, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Utah funding its national parks; Colorado waiting to see if that will be necessary here, Polis says

By John Meyer

October 13, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

The ancient cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde remain closed, however.

Admission is free this Saturday at national parks in Colorado

By John Meyer

September 25, 2025 at 9:47 a.m.

Admission is free on Saturday at our national parks in recognition of National Public Lands...

Xcel Energy鈥檚 coal-fired Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo on Nov. 12, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

EPA signals opposition to Colorado’s plan to close coal power plants

By Noelle Phillips

July 17, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The EPA published a notice in the Federal Register that it intends to deny Colorado鈥檚...

Park Ranger Emma Brewer, top, helps David Henderson of Oliver, Missouri, with directions at the Alpine Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado on June 25, 2025. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum recently called for signs to be posted at all national parks, monuments, and historic sites encouraging visitors to provide feedback. One of the new signs, featuring a QR code for guests to scan, is displayed at the center of the visitor center鈥檚 front desk. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Signs posted at National Park Service sites seen as threats to ‘whitewash’ dark side of Colorado history

By John Meyer

July 1, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

Action stems from a Donald Trump executive order aimed at "restoring truth and sanity to...

Two young moose walk by a stream along Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, Colorado on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

You can visit any national park for free on June 19

By Marla Jo Fisher

June 13, 2025 at 7:22 a.m.

In celebration of Juneteenth, the NPS is offering free admission to all its parks.

The interior of one of the renovated grain bins at Rustic Rook Resort in Mosca. (Provided by Rustic Rook Resort)

5 cool new places to go glamping in Colorado this summer

By Brittany Anas

May 15, 2025 at 6:51 a.m.

Stay in a yurt, a rail car or within shouting distance of the Sand Dunes.

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