Reservations For Maroon Bells Open April 11 – CBS Denver

ASPEN, Colo. (CBS4)- Rocky Mountain National Park, Hanging Lake and Maroon Bells have one thing in common: they are three of Colorado’s most popular destinations.

“Maroon Bells is an iconic location in Colorado,” said David Boyd, the Public Affairs Officer for White River National Forest.

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They also are all three places that up until recently anyone that needed a summer getaway could go to any time they wanted. Now to see them you need to make a reservation. For Maroon Bells, the reservation system is to limit overcrowding.

“It was just becoming such a large number that it was unmanageable. So yeah, we were seeing you know some environmental damage,” said Boyd.

If you were hoping to see Maroon Bells this summer you can go online to www.aspenchamber.org starting…