Opening Trail Ridge Road
Opening Trail Ridge Road every spring is key to park operations. Learn the mechanics and processes and meet some of the people that make opening the highest continuous paved road in the United States a major event.

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The Ten Essentials
Long before the invention of cell phones and GPS units, a list called the Ten Essentials emerged as a recommended list of things to take along when you’re hiking in the backcountry to allow you to have a safer outing.

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Lightning Safety
Lightning is a very important issue in Rocky Mountain National Park. This area probably has the highest density of lightning strikes in the U.S. This podcast will explore how you can practice lightning safety.

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Rocky Celebrates Wilderness
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined members of the Colorado congressional delegation and local officials to dedicate the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Area, nearly 250,000 acres that will be permanently protected from human impacts under the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009.

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Hydration
Are you drinking enough? Our bodies need water to heat and cool. When you exercise, work, or even walk at high elevation, your body heats up, your heart rate increases, and you lose excess water. In order to replenish this supply, you need to drink a lot more water than usual to cool back down.

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