Rocky Mountain Natl. Park raising entrance, other fees

· May 27, 2015, 2:19 pm

Photo: Rocky Mountain National Park (AP Photo) — Yangsook Chung, left, and Manlim Choi, from Salt Lake City, take a snapshot along a short trail at a scenic overlook off Trail Ridge Road, above tree-line at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Monday, July 14, 2014.

The weekly pass for a car entering the park will climb from $20 to $30. The new single-day pass for cars will cost $20. The annual park pass will be $50, up from $40, with an increase to $60 planned in 2017. Campground fees will also increase to $26 a night in 2016.

The Denver Post reports the Park Service proposed an entrance-fee hike in September. The last system wide increase was in 2009.

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