A friend and I just bought plane tickets today to Denver (YEAY!), and are planning a several night backpacking trip in the Rocky Mountain National Park May 20-26. We're still in the planning stage, but know we'd like to do some camping with fire rings (researching those sites now) and we'd like to do the Longs Peak area. This is my first trip to Colorado and both my friend and my first backpacking experience in the RMNP. For those that have been there that time of year, or for those that live near there, what do you think we should expect as far as the weather goes? I know that once you're up there the weather can change quite rapidly, but should we expect to see a lot of snow? I don't have alot of winter gear (yet) and am trying to figure out what I'll need to buy/pack.
Any tips/comments welcomed, and thanks!!
P.S. I wasn't sure if this was the right area to post this, but figured it was pretty close!