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Estes Park, Colorado: Fallen Park Ranger Memorial

Bronze campaign hat on a rock pays tribute to a Park Ranger who was killed in a fall while patrolling the Mummy Range of Rocky Mountain National Park in 2005.

Beaver Meadows Visitor Center

Address:
1000 US Hwy 36, Estes Park, CO
Directions:
Rocky Mountain National Park- Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. Drive west of town on US Hwy 36 for 2.5 miles. Turn left. Park in the Visitor Center lot. When you walk left at the sign for the restrooms, look to the left.
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Fallen Ranger memorial.

Fallen Park Ranger Memorial

Conveniently located at the Beaver Meadows visitor center, it's a respectful tribute to a park ranger.

[Jenn, 06/18/2019]

Fallen Ranger memorial.

Poignant Fallen Ranger Memorial

A memorial to a fallen ranger is at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. It's tucked in a niche on the left when headed to the restrooms.

[Kathy & Ron - Summer 2018, 07/03/2018]

Ranger Jeffery Christiansen died on July 29, 2005, "killed in a fall while patrolling in the Mummy Range."


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