500 Big Thompson Ave, Estes Park, CO 80517 . Estes Park sits at an elevation of 7,522 feet (2,293 m) on the front range of the Rocky Mountains at the eastern entrance of the Rocky Mountain National Park. Oh, but I started out to tell you about something interesting in the McGregor Room, and I see I have gotten off-track. Lumpy Ridge forms a dramatic backdrop behind it. Highway 36 enters the park on the east side, where it terminates after a few miles at Highway 34. I would have welcomed a chill about then, even a ghostly one. Carey lasted a mere three hours in The Stanley. The clerks eyes widen a bit when I tell him my room number, but when he hands me two electronic key cards its my turn to be a little surprised. Traveling on business?