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13.1 miles (21.1 km) long. Tunnel clearance. 9.75 feet (2.97 m) diameter. The Alva B. Adams Tunnel is the principal component of the largest transmountain water project in Colorado, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project (C-BT). The tunnel transfers water from the western slope of the Colorado River drainage to the eastern Front Range of Colorado.
Rocky Mountain National Park is a national park of the United States located approximately 55 mi (89 km) northwest of Denver [ 5 ] in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and Grand Lake to the west. The eastern and western slopes of the ...
Fall River Entrance Historic District. The Fall River Entrance Historic District in Rocky Mountain National Park preserves an area of park administration buildings and employee residences built in the National Park Service Rustic style. The area is close to Estes Park, Colorado, at the original primary entrance to the east side of the park.
The Old Fall River Road, sometimes referred to as "The Old Road" by park staff in Rocky Mountain National Park, was the first automobile road to penetrate the interior of the park. The road linked the east side of the park near Estes Park with Grand Lake on the west side. Work began in 1913 but was interrupted in 1914 by World War I with final ...
Once the water emerges from the Adams Tunnel just southwest of Estes Park, the system is almost entirely gravity powered, dropping some 2,800 feet (850 m) as it descends to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains west of Loveland. The tunnel outlet is located at East Portal Reservoir, a small regulating pool on the Wind River.
The Estes Park Trail began as a seasonal weekly magazine catering to the tourists who flocked to the Rockies from June through September. John Y. Munson, a retired farmer who lived in Berthoud, Colorado (perhaps a summer resident of Estes Park), was the first publisher (U.S. census, Berthoud, Larimer Co, Colorado, 1910, household 188).
Lumpy Ridge overlooking Estes Park. Lumpy Ridge is a prominent series of rocky cliffs, slabs, and buttresses adjacent to and north of the town of Estes Park, Colorado and lies inside of Rocky Mountain National Park and is known for rock climbing. [1] The highest point on the ridge are the Needles, at 10,068 feet (3,068.726 m.) on the western edge.
Estes Park (/ ˈ ɛ s t ɪ s /) is a statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. [1] The town population was 5,904 at the 2020 United States Census. [4] Estes Park is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.