Where to Eat152 places
Where to Go227 places
Where to Stay193 places
Where to Shop148 shops
Who to Call571 pros
Where to Eat · Estes Park
Twin Owls Steakhouse
A family dinner at the lodge steakhouse on South St. Vrain: great elk, a steak worth the trip, and service that should match the prices.
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Estes Park, Colorado · Gateway to the Rockies
Come for the Park. Stay for the town.
Where to eat, where to go, where to stay, where to shop, and who to call when the pipes freeze. A guide written by two people who actually live here.
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Estes Park Local is the guide the people who live here would hand you if they had the time: which trail to walk before the lots fill, which fudge shop is worth the line, which plumber answers in January.
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Where to Stay · Estes Park
The Stanley Hotel
Up East Wonderview Avenue, less than half a mile from downtown, the Stanley Hotel is as much a tour stop as a place to sleep.
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Who to Call · Estes Park
Mountain Valley Plumbing and Heating
Hydronic boilers and radiant floor heat show up in a lot of mountain houses, and they are the reason to keep this number.
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Who to Call
Elev. 7,522 ftSomething broke. Here's who answers the phone.
Plumbers, electricians, plows, septic, propane, tree crews, and the handful of people who still fix things in a town where half the contractors drive up from Loveland. Every listing says where they're based.
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Etiquette
Seasons
The Park
The things visitors ask every single day.
EtiquetteElk, bears and the trash rule nobody tells you about in Estes Park
How far to stay from elk, bears, moose and lions around Estes Park, plus the trash and bird feeder rules that apply to homes, rentals and businesses.
SeasonsWhat's open in Estes Park in winter?
How Estes Park changes after fall: shorter hours, Trail Ridge Road closed, what the Park offers on snow, and how to drive US 34 and US 36 in winter.
The ParkWhen should you actually go into Rocky Mountain National Park?
A local's plan for Rocky Mountain National Park: how timed entry works, when the lots fill, the shuttle, Trail Ridge Road, and which east-side entrance to use.
Editor
Jan Willis
"Treat this place like you love it, because the people who live here do."
Children's book author, found-object artist, seven years in Estes. Writes Where to Go, the Park, and the artists.
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Marcus Sharpe
"I'll be straight with you. That's the whole arrangement."
Cabinetmaker, handyman, twenty small towns. Lives in Allenspark. Writes Who to Call and Where to Eat.
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