⛷️ Colorado

About Colorado

🏛 Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado is the highest state in the lower 48 — its average elevation of 6,800 feet exceeds any other, and its 54 'fourteeners' (peaks above 14,000 feet) make it a paradise for mountaineers, hikers, and skiers. The Rocky Mountains run the length of the state from north to south, and the combination of dramatic scenery, world-class outdoor infrastructure, and a genuinely vibrant urban culture in Denver makes Colorado one of the USA's most consistently satisfying travel destinations.

Rocky Mountain National Park straddles the Continental Divide, with Trail Ridge Road — the highest continuously paved road in the US at 12,183 feet — offering stunning views of alpine tundra, glacial lakes, and elk herds year-round. The park's eastern side around Estes Park is the most accessible; the western side around Grand Lake is quieter and wilder. Timed entry reservations are required in summer — reserve on recreation.gov.

Colorado's ski resorts are among the world's finest. Vail's back bowls are legendary; Aspen's four mountains cater to everyone from beginners to experts and attract an international crowd in both winter and summer. Telluride, tucked into a box canyon in the San Juan Mountains, is consistently rated the USA's most beautiful ski town. Breckenridge, Steamboat Springs, and Crested Butte offer excellent skiing with more local character.

Denver has transformed into one of the USA's most dynamic cities — the 16th Street Mall pedestrian corridor, the River North (RiNo) arts district, the Red Rocks Amphitheatre (the world's finest outdoor concert venue, carved into red sandstone 40 minutes from downtown), and a restaurant scene riding Colorado's farm-to-table movement. Mesa Verde National Park in the southwest corner preserves Native American cliff dwellings that are among the most intact and remarkable in North America.

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