Hop aboard Estes Park’s summer season Free Visitor Shuttles and see the sights while you shop and enjoy entertainment options free from steering or navigation duties. Nearly all primary access routes to the core business area of Estes Park are located on the shuttle routes. Shuttles operate daily from June 26 through August 29, then again September 4-6.

Riding the shuttles is free. Leave your car one of the Visitor Centers’ parking lots at the intersection of U.S. Hwys. 34 and 36 and take a ride east on Big Thompson Avenue to amusement and lodging areas, west to the Fall River Gateway Visitor Center on Fall River Road or southwest past several of the area’s campgrounds on its way to Rocky Mountain National Park’s Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.

All routes depart from the Estes Park Visitor Center, make stops in the downtown business area, and connect with Rocky Mountain National Park’s Hiker Shuttle that travels from the Visitor Center to the Park’s Park & Ride shuttle hub on Bear Lake Road.

On the Red and Blue Routes:  First shuttles of the day leave the Estes Park Visitor Center at 10 am; shuttles travel each route every half hour until 7 pm.  From 7- 9 pm only one shuttle bus will service both routes, alternating between the blue and red routes. The shuttle leaves the Visitor Center to travel the blue route at 7 pm and 8 pm; the shuttle leaves the Visitor Center to travel the red route at 7:30 pm and 8:30 pm.

On the Brown Route the first shuttle of the day leaves the Estes Park Visitor Center at 10 am; last shuttle leaves the Estes Park Visitor Center at 7 pm and completes the route by 8 pm.

Hiker Shuttle Between Town of Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park

The Rocky Mountain National Park and Town of Estes Park express route known as the "Hiker Shuttle" will run from the Town of Estes Park Visitor Center to the park’s Beaver Meadows Visitor Center and continue to the Park & Ride. The Hiker Shuttle will operate daily from June 26 through September 6. The Hiker Shuttle will operate on weekends only during the remainder of September. The first bus will leave the Town of Estes Park Visitor Center at 6:30 am and the last bus will leave the Park & Ride bound for Estes Park at 8 pm on all scheduled days. The hiker shuttle will run on an hourly schedule early and late in the day; switching to a half hour schedule during the peak of the day (10 am to 6 pm).

If you are using connecting routes please check schedules.

A park pass will be required to board the bus.  Passes can be purchased at automated fee machines located at the Estes Park Visitor Center and the park’s Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.  Campers who are staying at Moraine Park Campground and Glacier Basin Campground can also utilize this route to go to Estes Park, leaving their cars and/or RVs behind in these two park campgrounds. The last bus of the day that returns to the park will leave the Estes Park Visitors Center at 7:30 pm.