Rocky Mountain National Park Travel Guide: Rocky Mountain is a greatest-hits album of Alpine. Tundra that feels above the world, glassy lakes wrapped in spruce, and trailheads with names you'll remember forever. Elk own the meadows at dusk. On clear nights, the Milky Way is bright enough to make you whisper.

In the embrace of Rocky Mountain National Park , where the raw essence of nature reveals itself in every crag and valley, I embarked on...