✨ 5 Must-Hike Trails in Estes Park, CO You Can’t Miss! ✨ Ready to level up your outdoor adventures? Estes Park is your gateway to jaw-dropping views, epic climbs, and peaceful lakeside trails — all packed into one Colorado mountain paradise. 🏞️🔥 🥾 Gem Lake — Challenging, rewarding, and totally worth every step 🚶‍♀️ Lake Estes Trail — Easy, scenic, perfect for every age and pup! 🐕 🌊 Estes Park Riverwalk — Chill riverside vibes right in town 🌄 Dream Lake — Iconic alpine beauty (pro tip: tim

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🦆☕ Only in Estes Park… Ducks Stopping by for Coffee 🏔️✨ This is one of those moments that feels perfectly Estes. A few ducks waddling around outside Coffee on the Rocks, completely unfazed by the morning crowd, the clink of coffee cups, or the mountain chill in the air. 🦆💛 They don’t rush. They don’t worry. They just show up — like they’ve done it a hundred times before. It’s a small moment, but it says everything about life here. In Estes Park, nature and town life blend so easily that wild

🦌🚗 Only in Estes Park… Traffic Yields to a Bull Elk 🚗🦌 Driving along Devil’s Gulch Road, we had one of those moments—the kind you can’t plan for and never forget. A massive bull elk stepped out in front of our car. Unhurried. Unbothered. Completely in charge. We slowed. We waited. And for a few quiet seconds, the mountains reminded us who really lives here. This is Estes Park life. Where wildlife sets the pace. Where patience matters. And where even an everyday drive can turn into something