Your Guide will pick you up at your hotel in Estes Park at 8:00 AM. If you are travelling into town the morning of the tour, you will meet your Guide at Estes Park Mountain Shop at 2050 Big Thompson Ave, Estes Park, CO 80517. Your guide will contact you preceding your hike to confirm your meeting time and answer any questions. We highly recommend starting by 8:00 AM, and earlier on weekends.

• Multiple bottom and top layers so you can bundle up when you’re cold and shed them off if you’re warm.
• 2 liters of water
• Sunscreen and sunglasses (we recommend polarized)
• Warm hat and gloves
• Camera
• Two pairs of wool socks
• Rain/snow jacket and pants for blocking precipitation and wind
• Waterproof boots

Either before you travel or last minute, you can obtain all of these items (some are available for rent, all are available for purchase) at the Estes Park Mountain Shop.

The weather and amount of snow in Rocky Mountain National Park is unpredictable and will very throughout the year, so be prepared for snow, sun, cold temperatures, wind and possibly (but unlikely) rain. We recommend wearing comfortable, loose fitting non-cotton layers. You’ll also need waterproof boots and wool socks. Winter snow pants, jacket, boots and gloves are strongly advised December – March. Your guide will give the best advice for current conditions when contacting you one week out.

We provide snacks on the half-day tour and lunch and snacks on the full-day tour. Please bring 2 liters of water with you.

Some winters can be dry, without enough snow to merit snowshoes. In this case we will equip guests with microspike crampons and head out on an awesome winter hike!

It’s unlikely we’ll have rain in the winter but it is possible. Regardless, if the weather is very stormy we may cancel the trip with a full refund. If you’re interested we will do everything in our power to reschedule. Also, please know our guides have years of experience and can discern between a casual snowfall and unsafe hiking conditions, and will err on the side of safety.

If you cancel a trip for any reason up to 24 hours before your trip, you are entitled to a full refund minus a $25 per person administrative fee. If you cancel within 24 hours, there is no refund.

Age restrictions on this trip are as follows:

• 5 and older to join this trip
• Anyone younger than 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian