Colorado Travel Guide

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A playground for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts, Colorado has majestic landscapes, raging rivers, and winding trails perfect for activities from biking to rafting. The heart of the Rocky Mountains has scores of snow-capped summits towering higher than 14,000 feet and trails from easy to challenging for exploring them—as well as roads offering spectacular drives. Skiers flock to the slopes here for the champagne powder and thrilling downhill runs. Need a break from the outdoors? Urban adventures await in cool cities like Denver, Boulder, and Aspen.

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Bridget Calip / Shutterstock 1/118Civic Center Park Denver Colorado Skyline;

Bambi L. Dingman | Dreamstime 2/118Sculpture Park is home to the landmark sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky: Dancers. The towering figures are a familiar landmark in downtown Denver, Colorado and the park provides a beautiful entrance to the Denver Performing Arts Center.

Snikt228 | Dreamstime.com 3/118View of Denver, Colorado from City Park.

kan_khampanya / Shutterstock 4/118Maroon Bells national park in Falls after snow storm, Aspen, Colorado

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 5/118Beaver Creek, Aspen, Colorado, USA

welcomia/Shutterstock 6/118Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction, CO. Canyon Road. Nature Beauty. Colorado Scenery. Colorado Photography Collection.;

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 7/118Sleigh riding, Rapp Ranch, Durango, Colorado

John De Bord / Shutterstock 8/118Sunrise Over Boulder;

Donyanedomam | Dreamstime.com 9/118Molas lake and Needle mountains, Weminuche wilderness, Colorado, USA.

Phenguin | Dreamstime.com 10/118Trail Ridge Road on the East side of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Nelson Sirlin / Shutterstock 11/118Bull Elk at Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park Colorado;

RIRF Stock/Shutterstock 12/118Rocky Mountain Landscape Near Dream Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado, USA;

Alexey Kamenskiy / Shutterstock 13/118Overlook over the Rocky Mountains, Colorado in summer view from the Trail Ridge Road;

Mike Blanchard/Shutterstock 14/118A sunrise reflection at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park.;

bjul / Shutterstock 15/118Colorful forest in Rocky Mountain National Park in fall with snow and mountains in background, Colorado, USA;

Jruffa | Dreamstime.com 16/118A Bull Elk standing in a meadow in the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

Olivier Le Queinec | Dreamstime.com 17/118Rocky Mountains National Park scenic panorama landscape with river meandering through an alpine meadow and snow covered high mountain peaks in the distance in Colorado

Chad McDermott / Shutterstock 18/118Summer vacation travelers tour through Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado USA

Galyna Andrushko / Shutterstock 19/118Rocky mountains in Colorado

Arinahabich08 | Dreamstime.com 20/118Red barn on the farm in Grand Junction, Colorado.

welcomia/Shutterstock 21/118Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction, CO. Canyon Road. Nature Beauty. Colorado Scenery. Colorado Photography Collection.;

Teri Virbickis / Shutterstock 22/118View of Book Cliff Mesas from Palisades Colorado vineyard at grape harvest; Shutterstock ID 154615616; Project/Title: Colorado ebook

Phillip Rubino / Shutterstock 23/118Palisade Colorado vineyard view of grape vines in front of Book Cliffs; Shutterstock ID 155294741; Project/Title: 10 Best Bike Vacations in the US; Downloader: Fodor's Travel

Bluerabbit | Dreamstime.com 24/118Municipal park by the Colorado River in Palisade, Colorado with the Grand Mesa in the background.

charles taylor / Shutterstock 25/118aspen gondola

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 26/118Skis, Ski Lodge, Aspen, Colorado, USA

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 27/118Four Wheel Drive through Aspen Forest, Aspen, Colorado

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 28/118Maroon Bells Mountains, Maroon Lake Colorado

Nelson Sirlin / Shutterstock 29/118aspen building;

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 30/118Beaver Creek, Aspen, Colorado, USA

Mellow | Dreamstime.com 31/118Vacation condos in Snowmass Colorado.

Weldon Schloneger / Shutterstock 32/118Glenwood Springs, Colorado, looking west

Mavrick / Shutterstock 33/118GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO - JUNE 8: World Freestyle Kayak (K1) Champion Emily Jackson in action on the Colorado River June 8, 2010 in Glenwood Springs, CO.

Fmcginn | Dreamstime.com 34/118Waters of Barker Meadow Reservoir are foreground to town of Nederland in Colorado. Summer image shows unmelted snow in Indian Peaks Wilderness behind town. Evergreens cover slopes of hills. Horizontal image with copy space in pale blue sky above rural gate

marekuliasz / Shutterstock 35/118upper sandstone facade of Miller Block (1888) at historic downtown of Fort Collins, Colorado against cloudy sky at sunset

Henryk Sadura / Shutterstock 36/118US Mint in Denver

Albert Pego / Shutterstock 37/118DENVER - JUNE 25. View of 16th Street Pedestrial Mall of red-and-grey Granite that Runs Through the Center of Downtown. Free Shuttle Buses Cruise the mile-long Mall. Denver, Co, June 25, 2013

Arina P Habich / Shutterstock 38/118The Daniels & Fisher Tower is one of the landmarks of the Denver skyline.

Arina P Habich / Shutterstock 39/118Progress of redevelopment of Union Station in Denver.

Bambi L. Dingman | Dreamstime.com 40/118Sculpture Park is home to the landmark sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky: Dancers. The towering figures are a familiar landmark in downtown Denver, Colorado and the park provides a beautiful entrance to the Denver Performing Arts Center.

Bridget Calip / Shutterstock 41/118Sunset on an Autumn Day Over the Downtown Denver Skyline with Trees Changing for Autumn and Dramatic Clouds

Benkrut | Dreamstime.com 42/118Denver Art Museum in the center of Denver seen during rainy summer evening.

Jian Huang | Dreamstime 43/118Commercial activities, travel and shopping in Denver etc.

Arina P Habich / Shutterstock 44/118Denver, Colorado-June 4, 2011: Chalk art Festival on larimer Square.

Bdingman | Dreamstime.com 45/118This is a view of Coors Field, where the Colorado Rockies play major league baseball in Denver, Colorado.

Bridget Calip / Shutterstock 46/118Civic Center Park Denver Colorado Skyline;

Zrfphoto | Dreamstime.com 47/118Colorado National Monument Valley Canyon.

Donald Fink | Dreamstime 48/118Split Mountain and the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument.

Arinahabich08 | Dreamstime.com 49/118Mountain homes in Crested Butte, Colorado.

urbanlight / Shutterstock 50/118Mountains in Crested Butte, Colorado.;

Gadgetat | Dreamstime.com 51/118A quaint valley view shot from Hartman Rocks in Gunnison, Colorado.

mikenorton / Shutterstock 52/118West Beckwith Mountain in the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.;

Sharon Day / Shutterstock 53/118Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado with the Gunnison River deep in a gorge. Photo taken July 2006.

amachado / Shutterstock 54/118Down to Telluride, Colorado;

Americanspirit | Dreamstime.com 55/118Antique red railroad cars, Ridgway, Colorado, USA.

Alexeykamenskiy | Dreamstime.com 56/118View of the Ouray city, Colorado.

Jay Krishnan / Shutterstock 57/118Spectacular Colorado mountain road; Shutterstock ID 21572629; Project/Title: Colorado title pages; Downloader: Melanie Marin

Mavrick / Shutterstock 58/118Athletic man in red coat with orange helmet and gold ice tools climbing a large blue wall of ice at the Ouray Ice Park

Twildlife | Dreamstime.com 59/118The scenic landscape of silverton colorado in fall.

Ken Hurst | Dreamstime.com 60/118The historic narrow gauge Durango-Silverton steam locomotive approaches Silverton, Colorado.

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 61/118On a wintry curve of iron rails, coal-fired engines cough plumes of smoke and tug their locomotive burden across the Rocky Mountains

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 62/118Train, Durango, Colorado; conductorl person; snow; moutain; smoke

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 63/118On a wintry curve of iron rails, coal-fired engines cough plumes of smoke and tug their locomotive burden across the Rocky Mountains, Train, Durango, Colorado

Peter Guttman/Peterguttman.com 64/118Sleigh riding, Rapp Ranch, Durango, Colorado

Joy Prescott / Shutterstock 65/118Strater Hotel, Durango, Colorado; Shutterstock ID 6088162; Project/Title: Colorado ebook

Melonstone | Dreamstime.com 66/118Creede is an historic silver mining boom town in the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, United States of America - more recently, part of The Lone Ranger (with Johnny Depp) was filmed here.

Donfink | Dreamstime.com 67/118Ancient anasazi ruins at Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado.

Galfordc | Dreamstime.com 68/118Nestled between the Rocky Mountains, Golden, Colorado stretches under a blue sky.

Arinahabich08 | Dreamstime.com 69/118Skiing at Loveland Basin, Colorado.

Images by Dr. Alan Lipkin/Shutterstock 70/118Highland cattle on a ranch near Silverthorne in Colorado's Summit County with changing aspen trees and snow capped mountains in background;

Barbara Tripp / Shutterstock 71/118Snowboarder at Arapahoe Basin, Colorado;

welcomia / Shutterstock 72/118City of Breckenridge - Summit County, Colorado, United States. Breckenridge Downtown.;

Barbara Tripp / Shutterstock 73/118Snowboarder at Arapahoe Basin, Colorado;

Bambi L. Dingman | Dreamstime 74/118Historic buildings line the main street of Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Breckenridge is a popular tourist destination year round, offering world class skiing and quaint shopping opportunities.

welcomia / Shutterstock 75/118City of Breckenridge - Summit County, Colorado, United States. Breckenridge Downtown.;

Arinahabich08 | Dreamstime.com 76/118Breckenridge ski area in the Winter.

Justinwilliford | Dreamstime.com 77/118View from the top of copper mountain, Colorado.

Bryan Brazil / Shutterstock 78/118Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park;

Duncan Gilbert / Shutterstock 79/118Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde

Americanspirit | Dreamstime 80/118Tourists viewing kiva at Cliff Palace cliff dwelling Indian ruin, the largest in North America, Mesa Verde National Park, Southwestern Colorado.

John Hoffman/Shutterstock 81/118A natural geological phenomenon found at the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado entitled "Balanced Rock";

Bambi L. Dingman | Dreamstime 82/118A beautiful hot air balloon at the Colorado Springs Balloon Classic, an annual event and Colorado's largest ballooning event.

Oscity / Shutterstock 83/118Garden of the gods Colorado Springs

John Hoffman/Shutterstock 84/118A natural geological phenomenon found at the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado entitled "Balanced Rock";

RRuntsch / Shutterstock 85/118Pikes Peak Cog Railway

Golasza | Dreamstime.com 86/118Royal George Suspension Bridge over Arkansas River, Colorado, USA.

Timrobertsaerial | Dreamstime.com 87/118Cuchara Valley along the highway of legends.

Paul Gana | Dreamstime 88/118An overlook along a highway looking down into the small gambling town of Cripple Creek, Colorado. Once the hotbed of the gold mining era it is now a casino town. The Sangre De Cristo Mountains are visible in the distance.

Zrfphoto | Dreamstime.com 89/118Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Gary Saxe / Shutterstock 90/118Colorado Log Cabin built in the late 1800's located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Part of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.; Shutterstock ID 169132808; Project/Title: Colorado ebook

Welcomia | Dreamstime.com 91/118Silverthorne and Dillon Cities in Colorado. Cities Panorama with I-70 Interstate Highway in the Middle. Early Fall Time.

welcomia / Shutterstock 92/118City of Golden - View From Lookout Mountain. Fall in Golden, Colorado, USA.

Bdingman | Dreamstime.com 93/118Argo Gold Mine and Mill located in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The Argo Gold Mine, Mill, and Museum is a National Historic Site in Colorado providing fun educational adventure tours.

Bdingman | Dreamstime.com 94/118Ski lodges at Winter Park, Colorado with a view of the Rocky Mountains in the background.

Edgelore | Dreamstime.com 95/118Georgetown - nestled in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado: location of the historic Steam Engine ride and railway.

Welcomia | Dreamstime.com 96/118Buena Vista, CO Panorama. Buena Vista is a Statutory Town in Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.A. Cities Photography Collection.

Tim Roberts Photography / Shutterstock 97/118Arkansas River flowing under old bridge in Salida, Colorado; Shutterstock ID 86010220; Project/Title: USA America's 10 Best River Towns; Downloader: Fodors Travel

Gary Yim / Shutterstock 98/118Great Sand Dunes National Park;

Jim Parkin | Dreamstime 99/118Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, Colorado, USA.

Micheledaniels68 | Dreamstime.com 100/118Dead tree at Penitente Canyon Colorado.

Marthamarks | Dreamstime.com 101/118Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge is a great marsh on the Rio Grande, with Blanca Mountain in the background.

Scosens | Dreamstime.com 102/118Four corners landmark indicating the four states lines connecting Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.

Maomaotou | Dreamstime.com 103/118Autumn at a section of Peak-to-Peak Scenic and Historic Byway, Colorado, USA.

Fernley | Dreamstime.com 104/118Colorful canyon, Colorado National Monument.

Linda Armstrong / Shutterstock 105/118Crawford Needle

Bambi L. Dingman | Dreamstime 106/118An early morning view of Denver, Colorado, USA as seen from the popular City Park.

Marekuliasz | Dreamstime.com 107/118CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO, USA - JULY 15, 2015: A street view of historic Central City Opera House during 2015 summer festival (National Historic Landmark built in 1978).

Nelson Sirlin / Shutterstock 108/118Teller Farm Trail Boulder Colorado

John De Bord / Shutterstock 109/118Sunrise Over Boulder;

Kwiktor | Dreamstime.com 110/118Stunning Sunrise at Sprague Lake in Estes Park Colorado.

Lephotography | Dreamstime.com 111/118Lily Lake trailhead Estes Park Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado with trails along the lake.

Bambi L. Dingman | Dreamstime 112/118A scenic view of Grand Lake, Colorado, a popular vacation resort on the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Lunnderboy | Dreamstime.com 113/118A lone sailboat navigates this beautiful mountain lake in the summertime- Granby, Colorado.

Kennethchern | Dreamstime.com 114/118Mesa near city of Delta in Colorado State.

Mckown | Dreamstime.com 115/118Bent's Old Fort (1833-1849) - Situated on the north bank of the Arkansas River near present-day La Junta, Colorado, this non-military post was one of the most significant outposts on the Santa Fe Trail.

Fotoeye75 | Dreamstime.com 116/118Historic landmark located in San Luis Colorado, near the New Mexico Border. Locals and tourists travel to this historic church and climb the hill while placing religious rosary beads on and near the statues along its path. Taken May 25, 2014 in San Luis Co

Tupungato | Dreamstime 117/118Steamboat Springs, town in Colorado, United States.

welcomia/Shutterstock 118/118Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction, CO. Canyon Road. Nature Beauty. Colorado Scenery. Colorado Photography Collection.;