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Wilderness Office - West Side of RMNP - Kawuneeche Visitor Center
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Wilderness Office - West Side of RMNP - Kawuneeche Visitor Center
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Have you already made a reservation for your wilderness backpacking trip? Or do you have questions about wilderness backpacking? Great! Park Rangers and volunteers at Rocky Mountain National Park's Wilderness Office are ready to help answer your questions. This is also where you will go on the west side of RMNP to pick up your Wilderness Backpacking Permit. Overnight Backpacking in the Wilderness Requires a Physical Permit If you (or someone else in your group) has made a reservation on Recreation.gov for a wilderness backpacking permit, then before starting your trip, the permit holder is required to stop at one of Rocky Mountain National Park's Wilderness Offices and pick up your wilderness backpacking permit in person during regular business hours. On the west side of RMNP, the Wilderness Office is located inside Kawuneeche Visitor Center. Address: 16018 U.S. Hwy 34, Grand Lake, CO 80447 Phone Number: 970-586-1521 (summer season only) Hours: Open daily from late May to October 31: 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Grand Lake Entrance
~1 min drive
<p>Welcome to Rocky Mountain National Park!</p> <p>Enter Rocky Mountain National Park via the Grand Lake Entrance. This entrance is the closest entrance to Grand Lake.</p>
Viewpoint
~3 min drive
1.8 mi · Easy
East Inlet Trail
~4 min drive
13 mi · Hard
Lower Soda Pass
~8 min drive
5.1 mi · Moderate
Harbison Meadows
~2 min drive
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South Supply
~5 min drive
3.0 mi · Easy
Kawuneeche
~7 min drive
19 mi · Hard
Flat Top Mountain Trail
~14 min drive
8.5 mi · Moderate
Bowen-Baker Trailhead
~11 min drive
<p>Located on the west side of RMNP, the Bowen-Baker Trail is blanketed with snow in the winter and provides easy access to great cross-country skiing and snowshoeing January through March.</p> <p>On the far side of the meadow sits the Never Summer Range. This forested mountai…
Scenic Route
~6 min drive
1.4 mi · Easy