Salida
Salida Salida is the Heart of the Rockies: a laid-back river town where Colorado’s largest historic district meets the Arkansas River, ringed by 14,000-foot peaks and packed with galleries, brewpubs, hot springs and some of the best whitewater in the state. Salida, Colorado: Heart of the Rockies Salida began as a stop for travelers and […]
Leadville
Leadville Leadville sits at 10,152 feet, the highest incorporated city in North America, and it wears its wild past proudly. This is the Cloud City of silver kings, Doc Holliday, the Unsinkable Molly Brown and a palace built of ice, all along a Victorian main street ringed by Colorado’s tallest peaks. Leadville, Colorado: The Cloud […]
Grand Lake
Grand Lake Grand Lake is Colorado’s largest and deepest natural lake, and the little mountain town on its shore is one of the state’s most charming: wooden boardwalks, log storefronts and sailboats, with Rocky Mountain National Park wrapped around three sides. Grand Lake Village and Lake, Colorado The Ute people called it Spirit Lake and […]
Winter Park Resort
Winter Park Resort Winter Park Resort calls itself “Colorado’s Playground,” and it has earned the name: 3,095 acres of skiing and riding just 67 miles from Denver, with gentle groomers, legendary Mary Jane bumps and a ski train that rolls right to the slopes. Winter Park Resort in Winter Park, CO Winter Park opened on […]
Trail Ridge Road
Trail Ridge Road Trail Ridge Road is the drive that makes people pull over every mile: 48 miles of US Highway 34 across Rocky Mountain National Park, linking Estes Park and Grand Lake and climbing to 12,183 feet, the highest point on any continuous paved road in the United States. Trail Ridge Road in Rocky […]
Hotel Colorado
Hotel Colorado Hotel Colorado is the grand dame of Glenwood Springs, a sandstone-and-brick landmark that has welcomed guests since 1893. Presidents, the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown and even Roaring Twenties gangsters have stayed here, and the hotel is famous as the place where the teddy bear legend was born. Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, CO Silver […]
Fishers Peak State Park
Fishers Peak State Park Fishers Peak State Park wraps around the flat-topped, 9,633-foot landmark that towers over Trinidad and the Santa Fe Trail. One of Colorado’s newest state parks, it protects more than 19,000 acres of forest, meadows and lava-capped mesas where the southern plains meet the mountains. Fishers Peak State Park in Trinidad, CO […]
Lake San Cristobal
Lake San Cristobal Lake San Cristobal is a deep-blue mountain lake cradled by the San Juan Mountains just two miles south of Lake City. Colorado’s second-largest natural lake, it was created by one of the most famous landslides in North America, and today it is a peaceful spot for fishing, paddling, camping and wildlife watching. […]
Crested Butte
Crested Butte Crested Butte is a storybook Colorado mountain town at 8,885 feet in the Elk Mountains, where brightly painted false-front buildings line Elk Avenue beneath the pyramid peak of Mount Crested Butte. Known as the Gateway to the Elk Mountains and the Wildflower Capital of Colorado, it is just as fun in ski season […]
Forney Museum of Transportation
Forney Museum of Transportation The Forney Museum of Transportation is Denver’s most delightfully crowded garage: a warehouse-sized hall packed with more than 800 transportation artifacts, from horse-drawn buggies and fire engines to a giant Union Pacific “Big Boy” steam locomotive and the bright yellow car Amelia Earhart once drove. Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver, […]