ʻO Koʻolauʻia nā National Parks Hacks

01 o 05

Nā mea kōkua o ka hoʻowalewale

No ka poʻe hele, ua loaʻaʻo Colorado i ka nui.

ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ke hoʻomau nei ka moku'āina e hoʻopaʻa i nā moʻolelo no ka heluna o nā malihini kipa, e like me ka Office Tourism Office. Uaʻoi aku ma mua o 77.7 miliona poʻe i kipa i ka moku'āina i ka makahiki 2015. I kēlā makahiki,ʻo "Colorado" keʻano nui loa "o ka lāhui i ka uluʻana o ka hoʻolālā, a ua hoʻomauʻia ka hana.

Loaʻaʻo Art, Culture a me Food i Colorado. I ka hoʻoilo, he 25 mau wahi likeʻole e peʻe - kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa ma ka honua nei. A laila aia 12 mau mākele āpau a me nā monumoku, e hoʻolilo ana i ka moku i paradaiso waho.

Loaʻa nā pā'ū'āina nui o Colorado ma mua o kēlā me kēia moku'āina'ē aʻe.

Me nā'āpanaʻikeʻole o keʻano eʻimi ai, hiki i ka paʻakikī keʻike i kahi e hoʻomaka ai, no laila ua huki pū mākou i kā mākou mau hacks maikaʻi loa i ka loaʻaʻana o nā meaʻoi aku ma waho o nā pā hale o Colorado.

Ua hui mākou i ko mākouʻike mua - e like me nā poʻe Hawaiʻi i ulu i kēia mau paka'āina - me ka'ōlelo aʻo a Dan Wulfman a me kāna pūʻulu ma Tracks & Trails, kahi hoʻolālā hoʻolālā hoʻolimalima no nā huakaʻi hoʻomoana RV i nā māla'āina.

02 o 05

Ka Hale Kūʻokoʻaʻo Sand Sand nui

"He kūpono kūpono kēia kipa e hele ai, akā aia ma waho, me nā hale hōʻoluʻolu paha a iʻole nā ​​haleʻai no nā mile he nui," wahi a Wulfman. "He nui ka poʻe malihini kipa i hana i ke kuhiʻana o ka holo lōʻihi mai Denver, hoʻolālā i nā hola he nui ma nā puʻu i ka wā o ke awakea o ka lā, me ka haʻaleleʻana i ke kumu no ka pilikia."

Ke kuhikuhi:

• ʻO Wulfman maikaʻi maikaʻi no ka nohoʻana: e hoʻokuʻu i kahi RV iho iʻole e hele i kahi hoʻomoana ma ka pā.
• Inā makemakeʻoe e hele i kahi hoʻomoana, e kākau i kāu kahua ma Pinon Flats Campground ma mua ma www.recreation.gov.
• Inā loaʻa iāʻoe ka hoʻolālā no kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha, e noho ma Zapata Ranch , kahi hānai buffalo piha loa i mau minuke mai ka puka o ka pā. A ināʻaʻoleʻoe e noʻonoʻo i kahi hola'ē aʻe paha, e noho ma Mill Creek Ranch ma Old Cow Town -ʻo ia he kaiaulu kūponoʻole, a'ōlohelohe i hanaʻia e like me kou nohoʻana i ka Wild West.
  
  E kākau i kāu noho ma Zapata Ranch maʻaneʻi.
  
• E hoʻolimalima i nā koleka kūikawā e lele i ke one. E noʻonoʻo i ka papa helu sandboard. ʻAʻole ka'ōlelo aʻo o ka papa i ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā kalo kahiko o ka hau a iʻole nā ​​mea'ē aʻe, e like me ka papa pahu a me nā papa.
• E hele i kahi kaʻa kaʻa nui a hele i ka hale kaʻa ma Point o No Return. E hele i ke ala e hele ai ma ke kahua kaʻapuni o Pit Pit, ma waena o Medano Creek (ʻaʻohe mau malihini kipa e hele maʻaneʻi, ma kahi o lalo), a piʻi i loko o nā dunes. Hoʻomaka i kāu holo kauwela ma ka 5 a 6 pm, ke poʻo i ka pae mua, aʻike iāʻoe iho kahi kahi e kū i ke komohana e nānā i ka napoʻoʻana o ka lā. Mai hoʻopoina i kāu kamepili (i loko o ke koloke kahakai, kūpono).
• E lawe mai i nā kāmaʻa māmā. Hiki i ke one ke hiki i nā hekeleli 150 ma lalo o kekahi mauʻano. Hiki i nā kāmaʻa paʻa ke hoʻopaʻa i ke one wela ma mua o ka hāhā.
• Mai haʻaleleʻoe i ka polokalamu o ka Nu. Hoʻokumuʻia nā Rangers i nā huakaʻi alakaʻi a me nā hana pō i ka hale pāʻani.
• Makemake mākou e hoʻolōʻihi i kahi lōʻihi lōʻihi e hele aku ai mai Colorado a me ka hoʻokūkūʻana i nā alahele a pau o nā alanui ma ka wahi.

03 o 05

Palena National Park Rocky

ʻO Rocky Mountain National Park ka pakika hiki loa i kahi kaʻawale, aia i mau minuke mai ke kūlanakauhale kaulanaʻo Estes Park . ʻO ia keʻano o kaʻai a me ka moeʻana -ʻoiai i ke kauwela, hiki ke hana maʻalahi e loaʻa kahi lumi piha ināʻaʻoleʻoe i mālama ponoʻia ma mua. ʻAʻole i manaʻo nuiʻiaʻo Estes Park i ka nui o kaʻai food (ʻoiai he nui nā mea momona a me ka pizza), akā he loli iki kēlā.

Ke kuhikuhi:

• No nā mea hoʻomaka,ʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i ka holo māmāʻelua mile i nā kahawai, Nymph a me Emerald. ʻO ia kekahi o kēlā mau wahi i mākaʻikaʻiʻia ai no ke kumu maikaʻi.
• ʻO alanui Trail Ridge ke alanui i kūkuluʻia ma ka'Āmelika.
• Hiki i nā'ōpena o nā hipa hānai ke kipa i nā wahi iʻaʻo Sheep eʻai i ka hopena o ke kauwela a me ke kauwela. E mālama i kāu mamao. ʻO kēlā me kēia hāʻule,ʻo ka'elike elk hanohanoʻo ia he kiʻi kahakai nui.
• ʻO ke kāpenaʻo Forest Canyon ke nānā aku nei i ke alahele o ke alanui no ka mea ua hūnāʻia kona hopena. Mai hele i luna. ʻO kēia māmā ke hāʻawi i nā hanana kupanaha i loko o kekahi o nā wahi o ka papa.
• Hāʻawi ka papa i nāʻano papahana maikaʻi loa. E hōʻoia ma ka Hale Hōkaʻikaʻi no ka hōʻailona pūnaewele.
• He pili ko ka REI Outdoor School me ka Estes Parkʻo Stanley Hotel . ʻO ka hōkele ka "basecamp" no ka papahana, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka poʻe ma nā papa alakaʻiʻana ma Rocky Mountain National Park. Ke holo nei kēia mau lā i nā papa wao nahele.
• No kahi pilina pumehana me kaʻohana, makemake mākou i ka'āpana pīkino Hidden Valley ma kaʻaoʻao hikina o ke alanui Trail Ridge.
• ʻO ka pīkole ma ka pōhaku i ka wā o ke kauwela he hopena. E hoʻoholo i kahi āu e hele ai i ke kakahiaka nui (ke'ōlelo nei mākou i ka pukaʻana o ka lā). Ma ka wahi kaulanaʻo Lake Lake, e hoʻohana i ka pūnaewele a me nā kānana. E hele i nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit ae kaomi i "He mau meaʻike i mua o kou hikiʻana mai" no kaʻikepili o nā ala kaʻa kaʻa.

04 o 05

ʻO Black Canyon o ka National Park o Gunnison

ʻO ka hopena o nā māla'āina o Colorado,ʻo ia kekahi o nā pilikia nui loa, wahi a Wulfman.

ʻO ka nohoʻana i ka mea e ola ana,ʻaʻole pahaʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi loa a ke kaʻawale pinepineʻia mai ka papa.

"ʻO kaʻimiʻana i kaʻai kūponoʻo ka pahuhopu maoli nō ia."ʻO ka hōʻalu RV ka hopena maikaʻi loa e hele ai i kēia mau māla nani nani, "wahi a Wulfman. "ʻO kahi RV ka mea e hiki ai i nā malihini ke noho i ka pō i loko o ka puʻu o ka pali, hoʻomākaukau i kā lākou mau meaʻai, hiamoe i nā moena e pili ana a hele i nā mea nui."

ʻO ka'Ālika Canle o ka National Parkʻo Gunnison he mea hihiu loa ia. E hoʻomākaukau ma mua o kou haʻalele.

Ke kuhikuhi:

• E hoʻohui i kahi papahana alakaʻi. Ma muli o ka nele o nā pono hana o kēia pīkoi,ʻo ka waihoʻana i kahi luna e hōʻike iāʻoe a puni he koho nui loa. E hōʻoia i ka kalena pūnaewele no nā mōhai.
• ʻO ka holoʻana i lalo o ke kuamoʻo he mea kupanaha inā e mākaukauʻoe no ka hoʻouka. E kūkākūkā pū me kahi hui ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike'Āpanaʻo Rimalima no nā kiko kiko'ī. ʻO ka maʻalahiʻoi aku ka laweʻana i ke alakaʻiʻo'Oak Flat maiʻelua mau mile mai ka pūnaewele malihini kipa i ka nānāʻole aku i ka Lākauʻo Rimona a ke nānā aku i kahi kahawai ma lalo.
• No kahi hoʻonaʻauaoʻoi aʻe, e hele i kaʻaoʻao North Rim Road mai kaʻaoʻao hikina o ka pā, e hoʻomaha ana i ke ono o ke ao.
• Inā pōloli mauʻoe i ka holomua, e huli i ke alanui East Portal . E hoʻomākaukau i kahi pae he 16 mau mākelā a me ka loli pinepine. ʻAʻole loaʻa nā kaʻa ma luna o 22 kapuaʻi.
• ʻAʻole ka wāwae wale nō eʻimi ai i kēia canyon puʻupuʻu. Hiki i nā malihini ke hele i kahi hoʻomoana, holoholo, kayak, skiing aʻoi aku.
• ʻO kaʻaoʻao'Ākauʻo Rimolima kahiʻehiku mile o ka nui o nā hiʻohiʻona, hoʻokahiʻoi aku ka hāhāhā ma mua o ka lā aʻe. Pono nā Chasm View a me ka Painted Wall Pono-ʻike.

05 o 05

Mesa Verde National Park

ʻAʻoleʻo Mesa Verde he papa eʻike ai i ka lā hoʻokahi. Heʻehiku ia me ka hola mai Denver mai, akā,ʻo ka moʻaukala a me ka nani o kēia pūnaewele ke kali nei nā malihini i ka hoʻi mai mai kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hiki iāʻoe ke hauʻoli hou inā e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa a holo i kāu mau wāwae ke hikiʻoe.

"ʻAʻole e haʻalele ka manawa e hōʻea ai a Mesa Verde i kahi lā eʻike nui ai," wahi a Wulfman. "ʻO ka hōʻeaʻana aku i ka puʻu o ka papa,ʻo ia ka hoʻolālā aʻoʻoleʻa he 21 mau mile e holo ai a kokoke i hoʻokahi hola, a makemakeʻoe e hoʻolālā i ka manawa eʻoluʻolu i nā hiʻohiʻona panohana mai nā mea huki ma ke alanui."

Makemakeʻo ia e hoʻomaha i hoʻokahi pō i loko o ka papa no kaʻike maikaʻi.

He mea kaulana loaʻo Mesa Verde ma waena o nāʻohana.

Ke kuhikuhi:

• E hele i kahi kūpono. ʻO kou kuhi muaʻana ma ke kahua naniʻo Mesa Verde Visitor a Research Center, ma kahi o ke alanui High 160 i kou wā e komo ai i ka papa. E kōkuaʻo Rangers iāʻoe e hoʻolālā i kou noho. Mai poina e kūʻai i nā tiketi no ka heleʻana o Cliff Palace, Hale Balcony a Longhouse maʻaneʻi. Ponoʻoe e loaʻa i nā tickets e kipa i kēia mau pūnaewele, a ke kūʻai koke aku nei lākou, no laila e hoʻomākaukau i kāu huakaʻi hele no ka lā aʻe. (ʻAʻole kiʻi kūʻai i ke kahua kūʻai.)
• E loaʻa i kahi ākea loa i ka 700 makahiki Tour, he alakaʻiʻoihana i alakaʻiʻia i kaʻoihana o ka lā o kekahi mau papahana nui. Loaʻa iāʻoe kahi hōʻuluʻulu manawa o ka papa moʻolelo o ka papa, mai nā'āpana i hanaʻia me ka Mesa Loop Road e hōʻea ana i AD 600 i ka haleʻo Cliff Palace, ka hale nui o Mesa Verde, i kūkuluʻia i ka seneturi 13. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa, hiki iāʻoe ke hana i nā kele pūnaewele no kēia ma mua o ka haʻaleleʻana i ka home.
• ʻO ka heleʻana i kahi aʻoi aku paha o nā hale o ka pali nui ka mea nui loa o kāu kipa. Inā makemakeʻoe e kipa i ka Haleʻo Cliff ma ka huakaʻi kaʻa, kūʻai i nā kipa ma ka Hale Hōkaʻikaʻi no Balcony House a me Long House. Holo nā huakaʻi i nā lā a pau, i ka lā hoʻokahi iʻelua mau hola, a hiki ke hana paʻakikī me nā alapine i kahi 30 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi. Ponoʻoe e piʻi i waena o kekahi kōkuhi liʻiliʻi.
• E paʻi i ka holo. Inā heleʻoe i kahi lā o ka hāʻawiʻiaʻana o ka Balcony House Sunrise Tour (a inā he ala nuiʻoe), hiki i kāu hui liʻiliʻi o 24 mau wahi ke loaʻa iāʻoe kahi. Puke ma ka pūnaewele ma mua. Ināʻole, e ho'āʻo e kākau i kāu mau helehelena maʻamau i ka wanaʻao e paʻi i ka wela a me ka lehulehu.
• Ua paniʻia ka Spruce Tree House. ʻO kēia pōʻino, ma mua i kahi noho maʻalahi loa e noho ai i ka pā, ua paniʻia no ka manawa pauʻole. Ua wāwahiʻo Rocks ma luna o ka hopena oʻAukake a hikiʻole ke paʻa i nā pōhaku. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i keʻano i ka nānā aku ma kahi kokoke i ka Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum. He maikaʻi loa ka hale hoʻolima,ʻo kahi Spruce Tree Terrace Cafe he wahi nani, kahiʻoluʻolu eʻai ai i kaʻaina awakea a me ka hale makana makana ma kahi o kaʻoihana maikaʻi.
• ʻO kahi wale nō moe i loko o ka pā kulaʻo iaʻo Far View Lodge. ʻO kēia kekahi wahi kahiko a he lumi kūpono nā lumi, akā ua hoʻololi houʻia nei a uaʻano houʻia nā manaʻo i loko oʻehā mau kaona mai kāuʻike ma luna o ka mesa. Hoʻopiʻi ma kahi lumi hoʻokipa nani no nā vistas keu loa. Akā,ʻo Far View Lodge heʻano liʻiliʻi. ʻO nā lumi maikaʻi hoʻi he mau lumi lumiʻuʻuku a he wahi liʻiliʻiʻuʻuku.
  
  E kākau i kāu lumi ma Far View Lodge maʻaneʻi.
  
• Ma keʻano he bonus, aia ka hale noho ma kahi mamao e hiki ai i kahi haleʻaina maikaʻi loa ma ka pā, The Metate Room. ʻO kēia wale nō kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke loaʻa kahiʻai pono, noho-lalo. E noi i kahi papa ma ka papa honua ma ka hoʻomahaʻana o ka lā.
• Inā makemakeʻoe e hiamoe ma lalo o nā hōkū, ināʻoe he hale lole a i kahi hoʻomoana paha o RV,ʻo Morefield Campground kahi papahana nui no kāu mākaʻikaʻi Mesa Verde. He pouli nui nā kapuaʻi maʻaneʻi, no laila e hoʻomaha iki i kahi noho kau kau e nānā nei ma mua o kou komoʻana i loko.
• E hele i ke ala hele. Ināʻaʻole i komo nā pilikino i kou heleʻana i nā kihiʻehā o ka'āina (ka pōhaku kahiko i hoʻokumuʻia ma kahi o ka pōhaku me kahi mea pōhaku), e hele i ka hiku 2,4 mile e hoʻomaka nei ma Spruce Tree House a hāʻawi mai i nā manaʻo o Spruce a Nā kāpena Navajo.
• E hui pū me kahiʻoihana ma Ampfieldheater Morefield no kahi kūkākūkā ahiahi ahiahi e hāpai ana i nā mea likeʻole e pili ana i ka moʻolelo kūlohelohe o ka papa.
• E hōʻoia i ka huakaʻi. E hoʻohui i kāu hele Mesa Verde me nā huakaʻi kiʻi'ē aʻe ma Utah a me Colorado. Hoʻokumu nā Alanui a me nā Alakaʻi i nā lā RV he 10 lā i komo pū me Mesa Verde a me nā pāʻani'ē aʻe.
• No kaʻoi aku o keʻoluʻolu,ʻo kaʻoi aku o nā kūlanaʻoi aku ka mamao, e kipa i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Hovenweep, kahi e 70 mau mile mai Mesa Verde. Hāʻawiʻo Hovenweep i nā meaʻai ma nā ala.