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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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Southwest Colorado
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Boulder and North Central Colorado
![](/assets/destinations/665684/rock-garden-of-the-gods-national-park-colorado-springs-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
South Central Colorado
![](/assets/destinations/57/civic-center-park-skyline-denver-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Denver
![](/assets/destinations/200/road-colorado-national-monument-grand-junction-steamboat-springs-and-northwest-colorado-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Steamboat Springs and Northwest Colorado
![](/assets/destinations/199/marron-bells-white-river-national-forest-aspen-and-the-roaring-fork-valley-aspen-colorado-usa-north-america_med.jpg)
Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley
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Vail Valley
![](/assets/destinations/653588/cattle-landscape-summit-county-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Summit County
![](/assets/destinations/710056/teller-farm-trail-boulder-boulder-and-north-central-colorado-colorado-usa-north-america_med.jpg)
Boulder
![](/assets/destinations/409700/gondola-aspen-colorado_med.jpg)
Aspen
![](/assets/destinations/603292/golden-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Side Trips from Denver
![](/assets/destinations/665685/airballoon-colorado-springs-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Colorado Springs
![](/assets/destinations/416736/train-durango-colorado_med.jpg)
Durango
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Steamboat Springs
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Rocky Mountain National Park
![](/assets/destinations/416727/mountain-home-crested-butte-colorado_med.jpg)
Crested Butte
![](/assets/destinations/416731/cityscape-mountain-telluride-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Telluride
![](/assets/destinations/409710/miller-block-downtown-fort-collins-colorado_med.jpg)
Fort Collins
![](/assets/destinations/662555/village-cliff-palace-mesa-verde-national-park-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Mesa Verde National Park
![](/assets/destinations/659389/main-street-breckenridge-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Breckenridge
![](/assets/destinations/18404/red-barn-farm-grand-junction-colorado_med.jpg)
Grand Junction
![](/assets/destinations/416729/foliage-landscape-black-canyon-of-the-gunnison-national-park-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
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Winter Park
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Glenwood Springs
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Grand Lake
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Pueblo
![](/assets/destinations/416733/ouray-colorado_med.jpg)
Ouray
![](/assets/destinations/409701/vacation-condos-snowmass-colorado_med.jpg)
Snowmass
![](/assets/destinations/668841/bridge-arkansas-river-salida-south-central-colorado-colorado-usa-north-america_med.jpg)
Salida
![](/assets/destinations/668840/buena-vista-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Buena Vista
![](/assets/destinations/659392/historic-tabor-opera-house-and-museum-leadville-colorado_med.jpg)
Leadville
![](/assets/destinations/668845/hikers-desert-great-sand-dunes-national-park-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Great Sand Dunes National Park
![](/assets/destinations/665697/skiiers-chair-lift-keystone-summit-county-colorado-usa-north-america_med.jpg)
Keystone
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Gunnison
![](/assets/destinations/665687/royal-george-suspension-bridge-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Cañon City and Royal Gorge
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Silverton
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Colorado National Monument
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Palisade
![](/assets/destinations/409704/barker-meadow-reservoir-nederland-colorado_med.jpg)
Nederland
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Alamosa
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Trinidad
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Cortez
![](/assets/destinations/665703/georgetown-colorado_med.jpg)
Georgetown
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Golden
![](/assets/destinations/659391/copper-mountain-colorado_med.jpg)
Copper Mountain
![](/assets/destinations/659390/canoe-lake-dillon-frisco-colorado_med.jpg)
Frisco
![](/assets/destinations/665701/argo-gold-mine-and-mill-idaho-springs-colorado_med.jpg)
Idaho Springs
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Cuchara Valley
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Pagosa Springs
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Montrose
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Dillon
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Carbondale
![](/assets/destinations/708959/alamosa-national-wildlife-refuge-colorado_med.jpg)
Outside Great Sand Dunes National Park
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Meeker
![](/assets/destinations/710060/sailboat-lake-granby-colorado_med.jpg)
Granby
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Lyons
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Niwot
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Craig
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Palmer Lake
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Redstone and Marble
![](/assets/destinations/416739/creede-colorado_med.jpg)
Creede
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Rangely
![](/assets/destinations/416741/hovenweep-national-monument-colorado_med.jpg)
Dolores
![](/assets/destinations/710053/central-city-opera-house-central-city-colorado_med.jpg)
Central City and Black Hawk
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Evergreen
![](/assets/destinations/18407/grand-mesa-palisade-colorado_med.jpg)
Grand Mesa
![](/assets/destinations/413235/dinosaur-national-monument-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Dinosaur National Monument
![](/assets/destinations/416732/antique-railroad-cars-ridgway-colorado_med.jpg)
Ridgway
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Cripple Creek
![](/assets/destinations/712607/san-luis-church-san-luis-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
San Luis and Fort Garland Loop
![](/assets/destinations/668847/penitente-canyon-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Del Norte
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Arapahoe Basin
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Hot Sulphur Springs
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Cedaredge
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La Junta
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Lake City
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Basalt
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Westcliffe
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Florissant Fossil Beds
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Outside Mesa Verde National Park
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Outside Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
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Outside Rocky Mountain National Park
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Denver
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Vail Valley
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Boulder
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Aspen
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Colorado Springs
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Durango
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Steamboat Springs
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Crested Butte
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Telluride
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Fort Collins
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Breckenridge
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Grand Junction
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Winter Park
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Grand Lake
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Glenwood Springs
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Pueblo
![](/assets/destinations/416733/ouray-colorado_med.jpg)
Ouray
![](/assets/destinations/668841/bridge-arkansas-river-salida-south-central-colorado-colorado-usa-north-america_med.jpg)
Salida
![](/assets/destinations/409701/vacation-condos-snowmass-colorado_med.jpg)
Snowmass
![](/assets/destinations/668840/buena-vista-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Buena Vista
![](/assets/destinations/659392/historic-tabor-opera-house-and-museum-leadville-colorado_med.jpg)
Leadville
![](/assets/destinations/665697/skiiers-chair-lift-keystone-summit-county-colorado-usa-north-america_med.jpg)
Keystone
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Cañon City and Royal Gorge
![](/assets/destinations/416728/hartman-rocks-gunnison-colorado_med.jpg)
Gunnison
![](/assets/destinations/416734/silverton-colorado_med.jpg)
Silverton
![](/assets/destinations/409704/barker-meadow-reservoir-nederland-colorado_med.jpg)
Nederland
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Alamosa
![](/assets/destinations/18406/palisades-colorado-vineyard-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Palisade
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Cortez
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Trinidad
![](/assets/destinations/659391/copper-mountain-colorado_med.jpg)
Copper Mountain
![](/assets/destinations/665698/lookout-mountain-golden-colorado_med.jpg)
Golden
![](/assets/destinations/665703/georgetown-colorado_med.jpg)
Georgetown
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Pagosa Springs
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Montrose
![](/assets/destinations/665701/argo-gold-mine-and-mill-idaho-springs-colorado_med.jpg)
Idaho Springs
![](/assets/destinations/665690/cuchara-valley-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Cuchara Valley
![](/assets/destinations/665696/silverthorne-and-dillon-colorado_med.jpg)
Dillon
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Frisco
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Carbondale
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Meeker
![](/assets/destinations/710060/sailboat-lake-granby-colorado_med.jpg)
Granby
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Niwot
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Lyons
![](/assets/destinations/416739/creede-colorado_med.jpg)
Creede
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Redstone and Marble
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Palmer Lake
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Craig
![](/assets/destinations/416741/hovenweep-national-monument-colorado_med.jpg)
Dolores
![](/assets/destinations/18407/grand-mesa-palisade-colorado_med.jpg)
Grand Mesa
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Rangely
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Evergreen
![](/assets/destinations/416732/antique-railroad-cars-ridgway-colorado_med.jpg)
Ridgway
![](/assets/destinations/665693/cripple-creek-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Cripple Creek
![](/assets/destinations/668847/penitente-canyon-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Del Norte
![](/assets/destinations/710069/canon-bents-old-fort-national-historic-site-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
La Junta
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Hot Sulphur Springs
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Longmont
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Arapahoe Basin
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Cedaredge
![](/images/hotels/default-image-03.webp)
Lake City
![](/images/hotels/default-image-04.webp)
Basalt
![](/images/hotels/default-image-02.webp)
Paonia
![](/images/hotels/default-image-01.webp)
Westcliffe
![](/assets/destinations/201/sleigh-riding-rapp-ranch-durango-colorado_med.jpg)
Southwest Colorado
![](/assets/destinations/250/sunrise-house-boulder-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Boulder and North Central Colorado
![](/assets/destinations/665684/rock-garden-of-the-gods-national-park-colorado-springs-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
South Central Colorado
![](/assets/destinations/200/road-colorado-national-monument-grand-junction-steamboat-springs-and-northwest-colorado-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Steamboat Springs and Northwest Colorado
![](/assets/destinations/199/marron-bells-white-river-national-forest-aspen-and-the-roaring-fork-valley-aspen-colorado-usa-north-america_med.jpg)
Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley
![](/assets/destinations/653588/cattle-landscape-summit-county-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Summit County
![](/assets/destinations/603292/golden-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Side Trips from Denver
![](/assets/destinations/708959/alamosa-national-wildlife-refuge-colorado_med.jpg)
Outside Great Sand Dunes National Park
![](/assets/destinations/710053/central-city-opera-house-central-city-colorado_med.jpg)
Central City and Black Hawk
![](/assets/destinations/712607/san-luis-church-san-luis-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
San Luis and Fort Garland Loop
![](/assets/destinations/708963/four-corners-monument-colorado_med.jpg)
Outside Mesa Verde National Park
![](/assets/destinations/708978/hoodoos-colorado-national-monument-colorado_med.jpg)
Outside Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
![](/assets/destinations/708968/peak-to-peak-scenic-and-historic-byway-colorado-usa_med.jpg)
Outside Rocky Mountain National Park
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