We went back to the park before 9am again to avoid the need of entry permit. The Alluvial Fan is a fan-shaped area of disturbance in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was created on July 15, 1982, when the earthen Lawn Lake Dam above the area gave way, flooding the Park and nearby town of Estes Park with more than 200 million gallons of water. Enormous boulders were displaced, and trees and earth were ripped from the ground. It has a paved and easy-to-walk trail.
After the Alluvial Fan, we decided to drove through the famous one-way and unpaved Old Fall River Road. It is primarily gravel, one-way uphill and punctuated by switchbacks, slower-paced, 11-mile-long road. In addition, there are no guard rails along this road.
On the way, we stopped by the Chasm Upper and Lower Falls.
Finally we got to the Alpine Visitor Center again. Then we drove to the Hidden Valley to hike on the Hidden Valley trail.
Then we got back to Estes Park for lunch.
In the afternoon, we drove along highway 7 to the Wild Basin area. We got there right after 3pm to avoid the entry permit requirement. It was raining a little bit. We waited a while for the sky to clear. Then we hiked to Copeland Upper and Lower Falls.
On the way back, we were granted with surprises of seeing some animal and a full rainbow.
We also stopped by the Lily Lake for photos.
This concluded our Rocky Mountain NP Trip.
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