West Horseshoe Park/Horseshoe Inn
Glaciers carved this valley and deposited the sands that became the meadows of West Horseshoe Park.
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West Horseshoe Park/Horseshoe Inn Details
Glaciers carved this valley and deposited the sands that eventually became the meadows of West Horseshoe Park, a good location to see elk at dawn or dusk. The wetlands here provide habitat for a variety of birds and are also credited with slowing the 1982 flood caused by the collapse of the Lawn Lake Dam. The 115-room Horseshoe Inn, built in 1907, once welcomed tourists to the park, but the inn was purchased by the National Park Service in 1931 and demolished.
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Low
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Region
East Side
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Elk Exclosures
A lack of natural predators has led the elk to overgraze the lower meadows and forests.
0.4 mi away
Creating a National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park was established on January 26, 1915.
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Sheep Lakes Bighorn Crossing
The sheep cross Highway 34, aided by park rangers and volunteers who stop traffic.
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Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn sheep once thrived in the thousands in this part of the Rockies.
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Lawn Lake Flood
At 5:30 am on July 15, 1982, the Lawn Lake Dam, built in 1903, gave way.
