Moonrocket wrote:
Bars only are currently closed in all of CO but restaurants are open. BOCO had one spike a few weeks ago of college kids but is running single digits to teens cases a day mostly- so pretty low. A few weeks ago the hospital was completely empty.
Hiking is crazy busy and I think they have a reservation system for RMNP- so definitely check that!
But I think we’re better off than a lot of places. End of aug is anyone’s bet with the college kids due back two weeks before that.
Agree with the above. To add:
RMNP requires reservations. But, currently, you can enter by bike without a reservation. So, you can park outside the Park and cycle in (still need to pay the entrance fee). If that does not work for you, I’d get your reservations soon — at recreation.gov. I believe you don’t need a reservation if you arrive (by car) before 6am, but would not count on that option being available when you’re here.
Also agree that Boulder county is doing fine on the Covid numbers. But, lots of policy is decided at the state level. If there is evidence that the surge in AZ is also coming/happening here, we easily could get more restrictions.
For now, you are probably ok without restaurant reservations. But, who knows what that looks like after 8/21, which is the last day for CU student move in? Some popular restaurants have permanently closed. So, with capacity constraints at the remaining restaurants, things could get tight if people start eating out.
Plenty of bars are open ... for now.