Watch Before Driving the Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park!

Connecting Estes Park, CO and Grand Lake, CO is the incredibly scenic Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. This road is 48 miles long and is considered to be one of the best scenic roads in the national park system & country. It is full of scenic views, short walks, and hikes, yet can be daunting for some drivers. Watch to learn more.

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0:00 Introduction
1:05 Distances
1:45 Elevation
3:12 Safety
4:25 What to Expect
6:01 Shuttles & Reservations
6:54 Tundra
7:39 Thunderstorms
8:39 Time
9:40 All American Road

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[billscott]

Lived in Estes from '84 to '13..Helped manage Outdoor World, a great little family owned hiking shop!! Such an amazing place to live, work and play. Trail Ridge is spectacular.Really miss the snow!!

[qchrmyr]

Drove that road a couple years ago, amazing road and views. First time I seen 8ft tall snow sticks on a road, lol.

[johnhammer]

You did a terrific job with this video! We are heading there in 4 weeks, and truly appreciate all of the information and beautiful clips of your journey!

[maggiemae]

Thank you so much for posting this video. I will be going soon and I had reservations about driving Trail Ridge Road by myself. Your video helped a lot and thanks for the weather and safety tips about adjusting to the height.

[robertbenson]

Great episode with fantastic scenery.
Remember to be careful of lightning during the afternoon thunderstorms. This is more dangerous than the road!

[markblack]

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing. I drove the Trail Ridge Road back in 1989 when I was just a year out of college. Hope to do it again someday.

[joemanpjg]

I drove TRR about 15 years ago, on our way to Moab. After watching this video, I doubt I would do it again. I have fear of heights but not knowing at the time TRR had very little guard rails and a lot of exposure to drop offs. Fortunately we had the inside lane.Drove Beartooth Pass( mainly Guard rails) and Road To The Sun but this one, TRR was a White Knuckle drive compared to them two. Great video and detail ....So glad we did this gorgeous drive ...back in Sep 2007..

[kimharris]

Followed your guide
. Loved this road and was grateful for your help. On to Yellowstone and Grand Teton and following your videos.

[peiyuhuang]

We were not able to drive up there last June due to the snow. How beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[markcotter]

I've driven this road a few times, and loved it!

[dennispluto]

I spent a week in rmnp and didn’t get enough, planning on going back, I was going to explore someplace different but I don’t know how it could get any better than this place

[buddyself]

We're retiring the 1st of the year and planing on a 6 week scenic road trip to Colorado and Utah, Would you please share what dash cam you use? also the brand of sim card and sim card size? you guy's have very great and informative and detail information, thank you for sharing you're experiences.

[JuilSuk]

I will try this route from Texas to Idaho!

[shannoninalaska]

I almost moved to Colorado. I decided to move to Alaska but still love CO and MT.

[anelbehric]

This is awesome. Thank you as i am planning a trip for this year. What month was this?

[fsusarge]

The Stanley beckons me, Cheryl. Can't wait for that drive...to say nothing of The Whisky Bar!

[DyanK]

Looks awesome! Having doubts that my fear of heights may ruin the experience. But I really want to see those views. What to do, what to do???

[MinutesWithMates]

That’s awesome guys. We’ve just been thinking about what to do between Cheyenne and Colorado Springs other than Denver. This looks perfect. Two questions: 1. Google Maps says there are tolls on this road. Is that the reservation system that you were talking about? And 2. Is there a connection between Grand Lake and some other place that takes you south like on the way to Colorado Springs, or do you have to turn around and head back to Estes Park?

Edit: Third question: I guess June is unpredictable like one of your viewers has said? We could try but might still miss out because of snow. We are planning trying Pikes Peak as well, and I guess that’s subject to the same weather possibilities.

[corey]

Do you think the TRR will be open on October 20th-21st ? I want to stay at Grand Lake and would need to use that road to get to the Bear Lake etc. ?

[richardcasey]

Been driving TRR for 50 years. Not much has changed