Tag: summer guide 2024
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Colorado’s hot springs explained: Deep time, deep layers
We soak in Colorado’s hot springs. We feel the sweet relief on body and mind. And we commonly deduce a miracle. Rather, there is a scientific explanation. It’s an explanation dealing with deep time and the deep, subterranean layers of the Earth, where water meets minerals we associate with healing qualities. But we begin in…
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Colorado’s hot springs explained: Deep time, deep layers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We soak in Colorado’s hot springs. We feel the sweet relief on body and mind. And we commonly deduce a miracle. Rather, there is a scientific explanation. It’s an explanation dealing with deep time and…
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Colorado’s hot springs explained: Deep time, deep layers
We soak in Colorado’s hot springs. We feel the sweet relief on body and mind. And we commonly deduce a miracle. Rather, there is a scientific explanation. It’s an explanation dealing with deep time and the deep, subterranean layers of the Earth, where water meets minerals we associate with healing qualities. But we begin in…
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Waters and fall colors: A perfect marriage in Colorado
In Colorado, fall is fleeting. It’s a time to make a picture that will last a lifetime — a picture that captures our beloved, golden aspens in timeless beauty. You’ll want water for that. Yes, we think the best shot pairs foliage with a blue, reflective foreground or a tumbling creek or cascade. Here are…
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Colorado town to love in summer: Creede
CREEDE • It’s a place somewhere between Colorado’s majestic San Juan Mountains and magical San Luis Valley. A place overlooked by rugged, granite walls that tell tall tales of the past. A place that inspired the so-called “Poet Laureate of the Rockies,” Cy Warman, and many artists today moved by the scenic beauty more than…
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Colorado town to love in summer: Boulder
BOULDER • It’s Prime Time in Boulder. You already know that. You know that along with millions of national TV viewers who watched a charismatic coach take the college football world by storm last year. Prime’s effect? One study suggested the local economy could thank Deion Sanders for $113.2 million in impact. University of Colorado…
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The story of the house atop Colorado’s tallest waterfall
They are two of the most common questions Kiernan Lannon fields at Telluride Historical Museum. “What’s going on with that house? Whose house is that?” the museum’s executive director said. “Which is a nice point of entry to talk about electricity here.” The history of electricity has a significant place around Telluride. And, indeed, there…
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8 whitewater parks around Colorado
Drop into many of Colorado’s riverside towns and you won’t need to go far to find the culture of play. Increasingly over the years, towns have built and expanded central meeting places for enthusiastic kayakers, tubers and stand-up paddleboarders: whitewater parks of rock-made waves, drops and rapids. Whether you partake or spectate, here are eight…
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Colorado’s hot springs explained: Deep time, deep layers
We soak in Colorado’s hot springs. We feel the sweet relief on body and mind. And we commonly deduce a miracle. Rather, there is a scientific explanation. It’s an explanation dealing with deep time and the deep, subterranean layers of the Earth, where water meets minerals we associate with healing qualities. But we begin in…
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The story of the house atop Colorado’s tallest waterfall
They are two of the most common questions Kiernan Lannon fields at Telluride Historical Museum. “What’s going on with that house? Whose house is that?” the museum’s executive director said. “Which is a nice point of entry to talk about electricity here.” The history of electricity has a significant place around Telluride. And, indeed, there…