Exploring Estes Park

Welcome to Estes Park, Colorado’s Original Playground and the Basecamp to the Rocky Mountains. Hosted by travel writer Aaron Millar, this series will climb mountains, traverse alpine lakes and wonder at the dark skies above. You'll hear from the region's original inhabitants, the Ute and Arapaho Native American tribes, and the stories of the people who helped found this town. We are Exploring Estes Park.

Indigenous Connections 11/12/2021

Indigenous Connections For the Ute, Arapaho, Cheyenne and other Native American tribes, this land is more than just a beautiful landscape, it is part of who they are. In 1914, a group of Arapaho elders joined a pack trip to record the names of local landmarks. Today, the spirit of that trip is being expanded with a new project called Indigenous Connections, which seeks to improve visitor education about native history and modern uses of the area, and reshape our understanding of what national parks are and should be. /episode/index/show/estes/id/19763243

Myths and Mysteries 07/05/2021

Myths and Mysteries Myths are more than just tale tales. They're part of living history; part of the fabric of a place passed from campfire to campfire, woven through the land in the invisible threads of our imagination. And by following those threads, we’ll not only have some fun, but we’ll also see a side to these Rocky Mountains that most people don’t even know exists. Let's explore the myths and mysteries of Estes Park. /episode/index/show/estes/id/19679327

Call of the Mountains 06/28/2021

Call of the Mountains This episode we're going to do some hiking. There are 124 named peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park with 118 over 10,000 feet. There are few things more exhilarating in life than standing on a summit and for many of us it’s why we come here. /episode/index/show/estes/id/19605947

Living Lab 06/21/2021

Living Lab This episode we'll discover a side to Rocky Mountain National Park that most people don’t even know exists. Beyond the beautiful trails and mountains, the park is a Living Laboratory of science. There are about a hundred individual scientific research projects going on in the park at any one time, some of the most cutting edge ecology, biology and conservation in the world is done right here. That work is helping to protect the Estes Park region today and into the future. Rocky Mountain National Park may feel isolated from the cities and industry of the plains, but it’s not. It’s part of a complex interconnected system in which every piece is dependent on one another. And to understand how that works, and why it’s important, we’re going to hike up to more than 10,000-ft to one of the most remote research stations in the country to find out about an experiment that has been going on in the park for the last 38 years. It’s one of the longest running ecological research studies in the world and it’s changing the way we understand the park, the plains and even our own relationship to the wild spaces we love. Welcome to Rocky Mountain National Park’s Living Laboratory. /episode/index/show/estes/id/19400906

Dark Skies 06/14/2021

Dark Skies This episode we’re looking above Estes Park’s peaks to the dark skies above. Rocky Mountain National Park isn’t just a haven for beautiful landscapes and wildlife, it’s also an oasis of stars. /episode/index/show/estes/id/19400855

Bird & Jim 06/07/2021

Bird & Jim Our first episode chronicles the adventures of Isabella Bird, an explorer who ascended Longs Peak in 1873 with Jim Nugent. /episode/index/show/estes/id/19220402

Introducing: Exploring Estes Park 05/27/2021

Introducing: Exploring Estes Park Welcome to Estes Park, Colorado’s Original Playground and the Basecamp to the Rocky Mountains. /episode/index/show/estes/id/19266593

Exploring Estes Park

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