Getting to Glacier View Meadows.

Hook and Moore Glade

Drive north out of Fort Collins on US Highway 287.

Pass historic Ted's Place at the intersection where Colorado Highway 14 turns toward Poudre Canyon and Walden.

Around the bend you enter the Glade, which will one day in the foreseeable future be under 280 feet of water, 170,000 acre-feet. Population growth is stalking us.

Following 287 north, you arrive at the Forks, the original stage-stop turnoff for the first road connecting the Front Range with North Park, across Cameron Pass and the continental divide.

Red Feather Lakes Road. Larimer County Rd 74E.

A little over ten miles west you, crest McNey Hill and catch a first view of the Divide. And its glaciers.

The Mummy Range runs roughly east to west, along the northern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park.

The signature gatepost and signage of Glacier View Meadows.

Drop down the hill and arrive at Gate 1, Glacier View Meadows.

There are 11 more gates to come.