A Love of the Mountains (Season 1, Episode 1)

Longs Peak rises above Rocky Mountain National Park, enticing climbers of all skills and abilities. We join Everett Phillips, a climbing ranger at Rocky, to learn what being a climbing ranger is all about and how to plan a successful climb on the Keyhole Route. #rmnpod

Park partners are essential to the operation and preservation of Rocky. Learn more about one of Rocky's premiere partners, the Rocky Mountain Conservancy, the work they do, and how you can help. #rmnpod

It's fall! To celebrate, we join Hanem Aboulezz, landscape ecologist at Rocky, to chat about elk, moose, beaver, Moraine Park, landscape ecology, and more. #rmnpod

Rocky is home to hundreds of historic structures, from backcountry cabins to rock walls. We join Mary Johnston, Historic Structures Technician, to learn more about these structures and what it takes to keep them safe. #rmnpod

If you have ever visited Rocky chances are you've interacted with a volunteer. This week we speak with Lindsey Lewis, Rocky's Volunteer Program Director and how vital our volunteers are to you and the park. #rmnpod

We join a class of graphic and industrial design students from the University of Kansas to talk about their week-long Design Outside class at Rocky, how living and designing outside without technology influences the creative process, and how the experience has shaped them personally and professionally. #rmnpod

This week we join Kyle Patterson, Rocky’s Public Affairs Officer, to talk about what in the heck a public affairs officer does, the importance of sharing Rocky’s amazing news and messages, current issues at the park, and what you can do to help us keep Rocky beautiful now and in the future. #rmnpod

We join rangers Maci MacPherson and Michele Simmons at Holzwarth Historic Site to talk about the wonders of Rocky's west side. #rmnpod

We join ranger Cynthia Langguth to learn about the incredibly unique world of the alpine tundra: the land above the trees. Marmots, pika, and ptarmigan... oh my! #rmnpod

Our first episode! We join Kathy Brazelton, East District Naturalist, in Upper Beaver Meadows to chat about her life as a ranger, what an "interpreter" does in the National Park Service, ranger programs, signs of spring, and more. #rmnpod