Upper Copeland News Today

In the coming weeks, access into deeper parts of Rocky Mountain National Park will begin to close. Old Fall River Road is scheduled to close on October 3, 2023, to allow the maintenance crews time to complete some work before winter weather arrives. That will limit access to Chapin Creek, Chasm Falls and the peaks of the Mummy […]

In 2022, a fire tore through 40 square miles of the eastern slopes of the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff, burning away the trees and grasses that bolster the hills’ resilience against rainwater runoff and threatening several thousand homes. Since then, county officials have raced against more rain to control that runoff.

Follow this loop mixing on- and off-trail travel through vibrant wildflower displays and past snow-fed streams to a huge alpine lake with unbeatable campsite views of Mount Meeker.