Top Reasons to Go

Hiking the Colorado Trail: Bike, hike, or photograph the more than 500 mi of volunteer-maintained trail traversing eight mountain ranges from Durango to Denver.

Mountain Biking Crested Butte: There's a reason the Mountain Biking Hall of Fame resides here—the town is one of the birthplaces of fat-tire biking and it's surrounded by up-close mountain scenery and sweet single-track.

Riding the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad: This nine-hour journey along the Animas River will take you back in time on a coal- and steam-powered train. The views include dramatic canyons and the sweeping panoramas of the San Juan National Forest.

Downhill Skiing and Snowboarding at Telluride: There's rarely a wait to get at the sweeping, groomed trails and seemingly endless tree runs and moguls available at this, the largest collection of 14,000-foot mountains in the country.