Our Colorado roots
Wild Ambition in Estes Park
Estes is home base for Wild Ambition, and we come back every year.
A history beyond the postcard.
Long before the town or national park, these valleys were part of the traditional homelands of Indigenous peoples, including Ute, Arapaho and Cheyenne nations. Their relationship with this land is living history, not only a chapter in the past.
Explore the park's Tribal connectionsThe women who shaped its story.
In 1873, writer and traveller Isabella Bird visited Estes Park and climbed Longs Peak. Her accounts helped bring the region's wild beauty to readers far beyond Colorado. Hers is one of the women's stories that helps us see this place beyond its scenery.
Read Isabella Bird's storyA town at the edge of the wild.
Rocky Mountain National Park was established in 1915; Estes Park incorporated in 1917. The town's history connects mountain life, exploration and a growing relationship with the surrounding landscape. We want to know the place, not just pass through it.
Discover Estes Park's historyThe women of Estes
We bring the women who shaped this town and the ones shaping it now into the circle.
Women-owned Estes businesses
We partner with women-owned businesses across Estes, from kitchens and guides to makers, shops and studios, and feature every one of them to our community.
Own a business in Estes? Partner with us