This trail is located just before hitting the highest point on the road.<br />
It's a 0.5 mile one way hike up a gentle incline on a paved path. Here you are in the tundra, high above the treeline. It takes the plants in this area a long time to grow so you are urged to stay on the designated path. This is such a rare environment for the United States. Winds can reach up to 100 mph and temperatures are frigid for almost half the year. All you can see from here is frozen tundra.<br />
There is a vault toilet accessible at the trailhead.
Enter Rocky Mountain National Park from the main entrance at Estes Park. Keep heading east and it will turn into Trail Ridge Road. The trailhead is just past the Forest Canyon overlook at Rock Cut. It's on the right.<br /><br />If you're traveling from the west side of the park just head north on 34 until you get up to Trail Ridge Road. After passing the highest point on the road, the trailhead is on the left.
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