Tag: Summer Guide 2024
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Waters and fall colors: A perfect marriage in Colorado
In Colorado, fall is fleeting. It’s a time to make a picture that will last a lifetime — a picture that captures our beloved, golden aspens in timeless beauty. You’ll want water for that. Yes, we think the best shot pairs foliage with a blue, reflective foreground or a tumbling creek or cascade. Here are…
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Chill over thrill: 6 spots for river tubing in Colorado this summer
While we earn our Colorado stripes by roaring through whitewater rapids, there’s nothing wrong with taking the slow lane once in a while. And nothing says summer like a relaxing float. Moulin Rouge! The Musical cast member Brayden Newby, front, tries to paddle his way into the current while setting off to float the South…
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Lakeside camping in Colorado: A quick guide to 7 of the state’s best spots
There’s nothing quite like opening the flap of your tent to the view of a lake, watching the rising sun’s warm glow dance across the water reflecting Colorado’s mountain majesty. Trappers Lake is the second largest natural lake in Colorado behind Grand Lake and sits on the edge of the 230,830-acres Flat Tops Wilderness Area…
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Water slides, soaking and more: 4 family-friendly hot springs to visit in Colorado this summer
The parents want to relax at Colorado’s hot springs while the kids would rather frolic. How to achieve the ideal balance during a family vacation? Look to these destinations: Bathers relax in the Glenwood Hot Springs next to the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Christian Murdock, The DENVER Gazette Glenwood Hot…
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7 fun-filled water parks to visit in Colorado this summer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Much of our nostalgia lingers on sunny days at the pool, splashing, sliding and cannonballing before a sweet treat back with Mom. You might’ve grown up and put those places in the past. But those places still very much exist around Colorado’s biggest cities. And…
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Colorado town to love in summer: Creede
CREEDE • It’s a place somewhere between Colorado’s majestic San Juan Mountains and magical San Luis Valley. A place overlooked by rugged, granite walls that tell tall tales of the past. A place that inspired the so-called “Poet Laureate of the Rockies,” Cy Warman, and many artists today moved by the scenic beauty more than…
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Colorado town to love in summer: Boulder
BOULDER • It’s Prime Time in Boulder. You already know that. You know that along with millions of national TV viewers who watched a charismatic coach take the college football world by storm last year. Prime’s effect? One study suggested the local economy could thank Deion Sanders for $113.2 million in impact. University of Colorado…
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Water’s scenic, surprising role at Colorado’s national parks
Across Colorado’s four national parks, water is both celebrated and overlooked. Water is not necessarily at the forefront of the parks’ popular postcards. The parks find themselves in a semi-desert state, after all. But if you venture far enough in some cases, if you visit at the right time and look closely in other cases,…
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Trout, bass, catfish and more: A guide to Colorado’s fish and where to find them
We love Colorado’s lakes and streams for the serenity they afford. And we love them for the colorful fish they keep. Here we get to know some of the state’s vast array: Rainbow trout: While it is “the angler’s favorite and the mainstay of Colorado’s hatchery system,” as Colorado Parks and Wildlife describes the species,…
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The story of the house atop Colorado’s tallest waterfall
They are two of the most common questions Kiernan Lannon fields at Telluride Historical Museum. “What’s going on with that house? Whose house is that?” the museum’s executive director said. “Which is a nice point of entry to talk about electricity here.” The history of electricity has a significant place around Telluride. And, indeed, there…