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Wilderness camping permits for Rocky Mountain National Park paused due to tech issues
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UPDATE | March 10 8:45 a.m. â After delaying the rollout of wilderness camping permits at Rocky Mountain National Park from March 1 to the following week, the national park said Wednesday morning that the reservation system â Pay.gov â is again experiencing technical difficulties due to the volume of visitors trying to make a July reservation. The system will not take any reservations today and will reinitiate the rollout at another time.
More information on this will be provided later this week, park officials said.
More trails reopen in Rocky Mountain National Park following East Troublesome Fire
Some closures remain more than two months after the East Troublesome and Cameron Peak Fires impacted 9% of the popular national park. Author: Allison Sylte Updated: 12:37 PM MST December 22, 2020
ESTES PARK, Colo. More trails have reopened but some closures remain in Rocky Mountain National Park due to the East Troublesome Fire, which has scorched 193,812 acres since it started burning in October.
Rocky Mountain National Park was closed to visitors for multiple days in October, but parts since begun to reopen. The latest closures to be lifted include:
- The North Inlet Trail to Cascade Falls on the west side of the park, though the stretch of trail past the falls is still closed.
While the National Park Service continues to assess East Troublesome Fire damage, more of the park is now accessible, as of December 22.
The National Park Service announced via press release that on the east side of the park (near Estes Park), the popular Bierstadt Trail system has reopened, with the exception of the Mill Creek Basin area. Bierstadt Trail is accessible from the trailhead, via Bear Lake or the Park & Ride. Additionally, the Upper Beaver Meadows Trail and Moraine Park Road have reopened.
On the west side, the Lower Tonahutu Trail from Kawuneeche Visitor Center to the North Inlet Trail has reopened. You can see a full map of re-openings (and what remains closed) here.