Rocky Mountain National Park: Taking a Blanket Home with a #pendle10parks Explorer
![Kate Rolston photo of a woman at the lakeshore wrapped in a Pendleton Rocky Mountain National park blanket.](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dw7a390ad1/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/rolston_5y7a0570.jpg)
A beautiful range
The Rocky Mountain range stretches for over 3,000 miles, from New Mexico to the northernmost reaches of British Columbia.
![Kate Rolston photo of a man and woman earing hats, sitting on a rocky outcrop on a Pendleton blanket.](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dw9b21700d/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/rolston_5y7a0403.jpg)
Rocky Mountain National Park is one of many national parks in the range; in Canada, Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho; on the US side, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier and more.
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Number Ten
Rocky Mountain National park was dedicated on September 4, 1915, and became America’s tenth national park. At 14,259, it was also America’s highest. That has changed in 101 years. Currently, it’s one of the five highest parks in the lower 48, because Denali beats everything, obviously.
![Kate Rolston photo of a man with a pack standing on a mountaintop.](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dw1cefaa50/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/rolston_5y7a0360.jpg)
Rocky Mountain is still one of the America’s largest parks, at 416 square miles and 265,769 acres of wilderness. It hosts over three million visitors per year. Motorists enjoy traversing the highest paved road in America.
![A man, a backpack, and the stunning splendor of the Rocky Mountains. photo by kate Rolston.](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dw69357baa/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/rolston_5y7a0459.jpg)
Hikers, campers and climbers are drawn by its 35 trailheads, 260 miles of horse trails, and the gorgeous waterfalls that tumble through the park’s almost 500 miles of streams and creeks, including the headwaters of the Colorado River.
![Kate Rolston photo](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dwbd47b6a5/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/rolston_5y7a0631.jpg)
Those are some impressive numbers. But the park’s visual splendor is even more impressive.
![Kate Rolston photo](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dwb61cc5df/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/rolston_5y7a0416.jpg)
Since a quarter of the park’s land is above the treeline, it offers a rare chance to experience the alpine wilderness. Wildlife is abundant and varied, with 280 species of birds and 60 types of mammals, including moose, elk, black bears, mountain goats, mule deer, the ever-present coyote and the famed bighorn sheep. These massive (non-wool producing) sheep have become symbols of the park.
Pendleton Products
That’s why they are featured on the Pendleton blanket label, shown here on the coffee cup.
![coffee cup](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dwd650d33d/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/71326_3652.jpg)
And here’s the blanket:
![Rocky Mountain National park blanket.](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dwce3b8410/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/za131-52964_npblanket_rockymtn.jpg)
Rocky Mountain National Park
Blanket: Colorado’s Rocky Mountain ecosystem rises from lush grassland and forests to sub-alpine, alpine and barren alpine tundra in blue, green, gold and grey stripes.
Label: Bighorn sheep bask in the sunny lowlands, reintroduced after near-extinction.
![Kate Rolston photo](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dwa8cb6d83/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/rolston_5y7a0222-2.jpg)
Kate Rolston Photography
Our #pendle10explorer Kate Rolston did a breathtaking job of taking our Rocky Mountain National Park blanket home to its park.
![Kate Rolston photo](https://www.pendleton-usa.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-library-shared/default/dw00c73c0c/blog/pendleton-blankets-2/rocky-mountain-national-park-taking-a-blanket-home-with-a-pendle10parks-explorer/rolston_rockymountain_smoothed.jpg)
You can see more of Kate’s work here: @kate_rolston
And remember, your purchase of our National Park Collection helps support preservation and restoration of America’s Treasures. See it at http://www.pendleton-usa.com
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