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Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)  > Colorado Trail Hiking > Moraine Park and Cub Lake Trail, RMNP, CO November 1, 2008
I needed to find a really nice, but not too far away, trail to hike in the Fall of 2008. I found it at Moraine Park, RMNP. Please go to my trail blogging site (opens a new window) for a full description of the trip.
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Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > So, it's the middle of Fall in the rocky mountains (northern Colorado).  Where to go for a hike?  Especially if don't get an early start, and you don't want to play hide and seek with the hunters (nothing against hunters, just don't like hiking around all the ones from California and Texas carrying guns : )
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > The answer?  RMNP (Rocky Mountain National Park).  The trails and roads are a lot quieter than during the summer (well, except for one small issue, but more on that later).  So, RMNP here I come.
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Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > One very cool part of RMNP is Moraine Park.  Great big wide open meadow.  Lots of great views.  Nice hiking.  And, this time of the year, if you are really lucky you may see a couple of elk walking around.  That is, a couple of thousand.  Yep, they all start coming down out of the high country, getting away from the colder higher elevations.  And, of course, it's the rutting season.  So, if you are real lucky, you might see some elk fighting and/or hear them bugling.
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Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Oh, and no insects.  Nice.  So, I took off and got up to the park relatively late in the morning.  Decided that while I wanted to hike Moraine Park, I didn't want to do it the normal way.  So, I pulled into a parking lot near the end of the meadow and headed to a what looked like had to be a trail that followed the edge of the moraine (old glacial till) along the south side of the big meadow.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > I did find a lovely trail.  Better yet.  I had it all to myself all the way to where it intersected with the main trail that goes to Cub Lake.  So, a great mile or more of trail that wound it's way along where the pine trees intersected with the meadows and streams.

And, sure enough.  Elk.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Closer
So, it's the middle of Fall in the rocky mountains (northern Colorado). Where to go for a hike? Especially if don't get an early start, and you don't want to play hide and seek with the hunters (nothing against hunters, just don't like hiking around all the ones from California and Texas carrying guns : )
 > So, it's the middle of Fall in the rocky mountains (northern Colorado).  Where to go for a hike?  Especially if don't get an early start, and you don't want to play hide and seek with the hunters (nothing against hunters, just don't like hiking around all the ones from California and Texas carrying guns : )
So, it's the middle of Fall in the rocky mountains (northern Colorado). Where to go for a hike? Especially if don't get an early start, and you don't want to play hide and seek with the hunters (nothing against hunters, just don't like hiking around all the ones from California and Texas carrying guns : )
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