Tag: Travel
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Colorado’s most curious coffee shop is inside historic train cars
NEDERLAND • The wood floor in the train car had to be replaced. Business had to close one recent week. “We don’t like closing for a week, but we would rather do that and maintain the integrity of a place like this,” said Jesse Fox, owner of perhaps Colorado’s most unique coffee shop. It was…
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Colorado town to love in winter: Pagosa Springs
“Pagosa” derives from a Ute word said to mean “healing waters.” Settlers would flock, overtaking unobstructed grounds forever roamed by tribes, and a town would rise around these bubbling waters in southwest Colorado. Army surveyor and explorer Capt. James Macomb was one who came by this mountainous, river-streaked land where steam rose into the sulfur-smelling…
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Winter storm sees slight snow, significant flight delays in Denver
There’s nothing like a snowy Thanksgiving. Though Wednesday’s snow storm in metro Denver didn’t see the staggering numbers that the week-long snow storm brought at the beginning of the month, the precipitation still blanketed streets and grass, causing various travel delays for those heading out of the city for the incoming holiday. Downtown Denver saw…
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Colorado town to love in winter: Walden
In this internet age where nothing is secret, where Colorado’s wonders can’t hide from social media, how can a hidden gem stay hidden? Perhaps, for one, by the limits of geography. Take the geography around Walden, for example. The Front Range masses might arrive to this northern Colorado hamlet via the long, winding drive through…
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Make a plan for otherworldly stargazing at Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes
Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve has become a destination for the scene in the sky as much as the bizarre scene on the ground. Great Sand Dunes, after all, is an International Dark Sky Park, as decided years ago by the world group certifying rare, celestial sights visible in places without light…
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A look at 9 Colorado passes over the Continental Divide — and what to see on the drives
Call it the great separator, or the thing that unifies us as Coloradans. That’s the Continental Divide, or the Great Divide, so named for the mighty formation that separates our North American watersheds between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In Colorado, we know it as the rugged wall between the Front Range and the Western…
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In Colorado’s vapor caves, owning family hopes for cleansing and awakening
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GLENWOOD SPRINGS • Late into the night of the summer solstice, deep in a subterranean chamber of ancient rock and hot vapor, there could be heard soft songs and prayers. Songs of gratitude. Prayers of hope. Words from an Indigenous language, spoken by tribal women…
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Colorado hot springs expands with new pools inspired by famed mineral waters found around the world
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GLENWOOD SPRINGS • In Colorado, you can soak up the hot springs of the world. That’s the idea of the latest expansion at Iron Mountain Hot Springs. This marks the second summer of the destination’s “inspired pools” — 13 waters beside the Colorado River mixed…
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Exploring Rifle Falls: Stunning triple waterfall is as close to the tropics you can get in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rifle Falls State Park, located in Garfield County to the northeast of Rifle, Colorado, is a picturesque Colorado State Park. Encompassing 48 acres, the park’s focal point is a trio of waterfalls, each standing at 60 feet in height. { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”:…
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The discovery, mill and tunnel that shaped Colorado’s gold destiny
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Argo Mill and Tunnel, located in Idaho Springs, Colorado, played a crucial role in the state’s gold mining history, representing a major industrial boom in the region. Once the center of gold processing, it is now a historical landmark attracting visitors with its story…