Bicycle rentals are coming to Mesa Verde National Park.
Park Superintendent Cliff Spencer announced Monday that aspiring vendors can submit applications to the National Park Service for a commercial use authorization to open a bike-rental operation on roads and trails on Wetherill Mesa.
Strollers and wheelchairs might also be allowed.
For instructions and an application for an authorization, call the Mesa Verde National Park Concessions Management Division at 529-4613.
The deadline for applications is 4 p.m. Feb. 13.
Once all applications are in, the park service will issue the winning vendor a temporary commercial use authorization for an initial term of one year.
Free admission on MLK Day
Mesa Verde National Park and the U.S. Forest Service will waive fees at its sites Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Information on fee-free days at specific sites is available at www.recreation.gov.
Other upcoming free days are Presidents Day, Feb. 16; National Get Outdoors Day, June 13; National Public Lands Day, Sept. 26; and Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
