We returned to Rocky Mountain National Park for another afternoon drive Monday. This trip it was Joe's turn to show off his new Access Pass.
Part of our drive took us on Fall River Road, an unpaved one-way road that took us through some incredibly beautiful parts of the park.
Recent rains have really greened things up
video (no sound) of a waterfall just off the road
As the road climbed in elevation we found ourselves driving in and out of the clouds. Sometimes the clouds which had rolled into the valleys were below us.
We saw a marmot sitting on a rock in the rain (you'll have to take my word that its a marmot, I know...)
Fall River Road's endpoint is the Alpine Visitor's Center, which is over 12,000 ft in elevation, well above the tree line and on the tundra. These plow guides give an indication of the 20+ ft drifts that are cleared from the road, usually in early June
Quite a bit of hail on this section of the tundra. We drove through some heavy rainstorms complete with thunder and lightning, but seemed to be just behind the hail
It was a cool, damp, gorgeous day on the tundra.
Back on Trail Ridge Road, we ran into some pretty thick fog and more rain
thick, pea-soup fog conditions at times
And of course, a few pictures of the flowers we saw:
