One of our longest and most beloved traditions here at the Rocky Mountain Channel — the annual Catch the Glow Parade!

Lauren and Claire Molle host the magical and snowy 2025 Catch the Glow Parade featuring colorful floats, music and Santa and Mrs. Claus!

Estes Park lit up for the 2025 Tree Lighting Ceremony, bringing the community together to celebrate the start of the holiday season. This recap video, hosted by Claire Mollé, showcases all the festivities including interviews with attendees, Santa and Mrs. Claus, tree lighting and a beautiful mar...

Claire and Lauren hit the slopes at Eldora for some skiing, snowboarding (well, kind of), carousel rides in Nederland, and they barely stayed upright ice skating, all while learning about sustainability in the lens of outdoor recreation. They had a blast, even without heat or warm running water a...

Biologist, Michelle Gibbons, shares some of the amazing fire adaptions of the Ponderosa Pine, and also finds a cute woodland creature that is common in Ponderosa Pine forests.

Nick explains how Lake Estes and the Horsetooth Reservoir in Fort Collins are connected.

On the evening of November 11, 2025, a solar storm brought the Aurora Borealis to much of the United States. This is footage we shot of this magnificent event in Estes Park.

Lauren and Claire Mollé interview adorable trick-or-treaters outside our studio on Elkhorn Ave. in Estes Park!

Every year on Halloween night downtown Estes Park is closed so that kids, adults and pets can safely gather to trick or treat at the shops.

Estes Park bluegrass duo, SnowBelt, perform at the 2025 SnowyGrass Music Festival.

Originally from Michigan, Max brings influences from Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson, playing guitar, fiddle, banjo, and handling most vocals and songwriting. Ann, from Brown County, Indiana, is a classically trained...

Fall in the Colorado Rockies is mesmerizing. Enjoy these scenes of the autumn landscape.

Claire finds out she's not the only Claire in town, but lucky for her this Claire just happens to be a popular restaurant with some of the best views in Estes Park!

Songwriter and musician Jon Pickett speaks to the calming powers that rivers provide him, and performs his song, appropriately named "River".

Claire witnesses first hand the world famous elk rut in Estes Park and Rocky. She also shares some tips and tricks on how you can have the best elk rut viewing experience while visiting.

Lauren and Claire are back for a day of fun at the one and only Rocky Mountain Gateway! You can do everything you want and more at just this one location!

Biologist, Michelle Gibbons, dives into the science of fall colors and why some years are more vibrant and colorful than others.

Photographer John Berry embarks on a mission to create a time lapse of the Milky Way Galaxy at his favorite alpine lake in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Along the way, he discusses his life struggles and the work that goes into creating timelapses in the mountains.

Things get a little chaotic in Estes Park when the Elk Rut takes over the town in this video from September 2025.

Two bull elk square off in Moraine Park as the world famous elk rut gets under way.

The Blue Canyon Boys perform their toe-tapping mix of haunting standards, genre-bending arrangements, and catchy original numbers at the 2025 SnowyGrass Music Festival.

Ever since founding members Jason Hicks and Gary Dark launched the Blue Canyon Boys in 2006, the Blue Canyon Boys have raised t...

Local Estes Park musician Sophie Frankel talks about hiking deep into the Never Summer Wilderness with her small guitar, and her fellow friends and bandmates, Joe Maynes and John Berry. All three are in local band, Stepmother Nature.

Estes Park musician Joe Maynes performs a cover of the Tyler Childers song "Featured Indians" in the Never Summer Wilderness of the Colorado Rockies, and talks about his passion for music.

Sean, Michelle, John and Claire experience first hand that the alpine tundra is indeed the "Land of Extremes" as they tackle a challenging hike to the summit of Mount Ida.

Hiking on the alpine tundra feels like you’re walking on top of the world, and one of the best ways to experience that is hi...

Biologist, Michelle Gibbons, introduces us to some of the flowers you will find in the subalpine life zone of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Hike with us to the only surviving fire lookout structure in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Roundtrip Length - 9.6 miles
Highest Elevation - 9,923 Feet
Elevation Gain - 1,635 feet

Fire suppression in national parks and forests has a long and evolving history, transitioning from early practices o...