Eldora Mountain Resort
Eldora Mountain Resort Eldora Mountain Resort is Boulder County’s hometown ski hill: 680 acres and 63 trails above Nederland, just 21 miles west of Boulder, with a quick Canyon Boulevard approach and enough steep glades and terrain parks to keep locals coming back all season. Eldora Mountain Resort in Nederland, CO Eldora sits at a […]
Browns Canyon National Monument
Browns Canyon National Monument Browns Canyon National Monument protects 21,589 acres of granite spires, forested gulches and Arkansas River whitewater between Buena Vista and Salida, a wild corridor that became a national monument in 2015 and remains one of Colorado’s most popular rafting runs. Browns Canyon National Monument near Buena Vista, CO President Barack Obama […]
Eleven Mile State Park
Eleven Mile State Park Eleven Mile State Park spreads around a big South Park reservoir near Lake George: 3,405 acres of open water, granite shorelines and prairie wind, famous among anglers for trout, pike and kokanee and quiet enough that the night sky still feels huge. Eleven Mile State Park in Lake George, CO Eleven […]
Twin Lakes
Twin Lakes Twin Lakes is high-country Colorado at its most cinematic: two glacial reservoirs at about 9,200 feet below the massive bulk of Mount Elbert, with aspen-gold shorelines, a tiny historic village and trailheads that feel a world away from the Front Range. Twin Lakes, Colorado: Alpine Lakes Below Mount Elbert The Twin Lakes sit […]
Idaho Springs
Idaho Springs Idaho Springs is the gold-rush town that still feels like a first stop into the Rockies: Miner Street storefronts, the red Argo Mill on the canyon wall and Clear Creek rushing under I-70, about 30 minutes west of Denver. Idaho Springs, Colorado: Gold Rush Gateway Town George A. Jackson found gold at the […]
Steamboat Lake State Park
Steamboat Lake State Park Steamboat Lake State Park is northern Colorado at its most postcard-perfect: a sparkling mountain lake at about 8,000 feet beneath the volcanic cone of Hahns Peak, ringed by aspen, sagebrush meadows and wildflowers, about 25 miles north of Steamboat Springs. Steamboat Lake State Park in Clark, CO The park’s lake was […]
Clyfford Still Museum
Clyfford Still Museum The Clyfford Still Museum is one of Denver’s most unusual art experiences: a museum devoted entirely to one artist, the Abstract Expressionist pioneer Clyfford Still, holding about 93 percent of everything he ever made in a quietly dramatic concrete building in the Golden Triangle. Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, CO Clyfford Still […]
Cherry Creek State Park
Cherry Creek State Park Cherry Creek State Park is a big slice of prairie and open water right in the Denver metro: 4,200 acres wrapped around an 880-surface-acre reservoir in Aurora, with mountain views, a sandy swim beach and 35 miles of trails a few minutes off I-225. Cherry Creek State Park in Aurora, CO […]
Beaver Creek Resort
Beaver Creek Resort Beaver Creek Resort rises above Avon in the Vail Valley with 2,082 acres of skiing, a heated, escalator-equipped village and a tradition that wins over every first-timer: free warm chocolate chip cookies handed out at 3 p.m. every afternoon. Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, CO Beaver Creek opened for the 1980-81 season […]
Georgetown
Georgetown Georgetown is the kind of mountain town that feels like a movie set, except it’s real: a Victorian silver-mining town at 8,530 feet, just off I-70 about an hour west of Denver, with brightly painted brick storefronts, steep canyon walls and one of the most charming holiday markets in Colorado. Georgetown, Colorado: The Silver […]