Cake will be served (while it lasts) and speechifying will be made, beginning at noon at the park’s Beaver Meadows Visitor Center; afterward, overnight visitors can hightail it over to the Grand Lake Community House for a 5:30 p.m. reception and screening of Rocky Mountain National Park: Wilderness, Wildlife, Wonder, a new film documenting the efforts of Estes Park denizen Enos Mills and others who originally lobbied for the creation of a national park in Colorado. Or go the opposite way to the Estes Park Museum for “Zoomin’ with Zumie,” a slide show and lecture about local climbing legend Clerin “Zumie” Zumwalt at 7 p.m.
Can’t make it on a Monday? Anniversary events at the park and its environs — from nature talks and snowshoe walks to history programs and concerts — continue through September. For more information, go to nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/events.htm.
Mon., Jan. 26, 2015