Behind the scenes with Rocky Mountain National Park’s trail crew

Join me for an interview with Doug Parker, program supervisor for Rocky Mountain National Park's trails program. Doug, shares with us what we can expect to find on the trails in 2024 as well as providing us with a behind the scenes look at all that the trails crew actually does.
This video is only a portion of a longer interview. The full interview goes more indepth on the work being done on the Green Mountain Trail, the Longs Peak Trail, the Bluebird Lake Trail as well as other subjects that I wasn't able to include in this shorter version of this video. The full interview can be found at this link: • Full Interview with Do... .
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[@mattbryant4931]

Thank you for conducting and posting this interview. We all need to hear about what great work the NPS staff are doing and how we can help maintain the health of the parks!

[@ErikStensland]

Thanks Matt. I agree. The work they do is often thankless and yet such a benefit for us all and for the natural world.

[@osdek]

I've always marveled at the evidence of intensive work executed by the trail crews. From an array of huge rocks pieced together like a long puzzle to create a stretch to avoid erosion to multiple wheelbarrows full of gravel located miles into a trail for similar effect. They do such important work and do it well! Thanks so much for posting this interview; very interesting!

[@ErikStensland]

I agree. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@rjfranz217]

Great interview. I appreciate all of the hard work of these crews and say ‘thank you’ when I see them. I volunteer for maintenance of the AT and appreciate a thank you. I also totally agree that people need to stay on the trail especially on switchbacks

[@ErikStensland]

Thanks so much! It's great to hear that you are helping out with the AT. You realize what a big job it is to maintain a large trail system.

[@rosedotco]

This was interesting. I would love to see more interviews with RMNP staff!

[@ErikStensland]

Thanks! I’ll see what I can do.

[@robiness6019]

Great interview, we really enjoyed all the information and would love more interviews with National Park employees in the future. Much appreciation to all the hard work the crews put in on the trails, their dedication shows!

[@ErikStensland]

Thanks Robin!!

[@sherryb4918]

Really enjoyed this interview. Thanks for posting it and maybe do some more like it.

[@ErikStensland]

Thanks Sherry.

[@bldavis11]

This was great! If possible, an interview with Mr. Parker next year this time would be fantastic. Thank you so much for what you do.

[@ErikStensland]

I appreciate the input. I was considering doing a shorter version with Doug each spring. Thank you!

[@johnkrumm6860]

Great content.

[@ErikStensland]

Thanks so much John!

[@AdamShakeSocialMedia]

Great interview and very informative. Thank you Erik.

[@ErikStensland]

Glad you enjoyed it Adam.