Tag: summer guide 2024
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Lakes, rivers, cascades and more: Water is Colorado’s grace of summer
2024 Summer Fun Guide 🌞
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No ocean, no problem: Coloradans want to scuba dive
Michelle Courington had lived around the Cayman Islands and Costa Rica before moving to a place seemingly unfit for her scuba diving passion. She moved to Colorado’s Front Range, where in 1996 she opened One World Dive and Travel, a business for certifying, outfitting and guiding local scuba divers to farflung waters across the globe.…
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Bucket list whitewater rafting trips in Colorado
Whitewater runners hope always for years like last year, when unusually gracious snowpack in the mountains melted to swell Colorado’s rivers. It meant days on the Dolores River, which only rarely rises through the remote, desert canyon of the state’s southwest. The Dolores is but one river on the bucket list of enthusiasts in the…
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Go-to float trips for views and urban spoils around Colorado
While we earn our Colorado stripes by roaring through whitewater rapids, there’s nothing wrong with taking the slow lane once in a while. Nothing says summer like a relaxing float. But that can all too often be an ideal vision. “Floating” can turn to “rollicking” for the unprepared. Before dropping in, one should be aware…
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Great hot springs for the whole family in Colorado
The parents want to relax at Colorado’s hot springs, while the kids would rather frolic. How to achieve the ideal balance for a family vacation? Look to these destinations: Glenwood Hot Springs Resort We all know the big pool in the center — said to be the world’s biggest pool fed by geothermal waters. That…
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A quick guide to Colorado’s fish and where to find them
We love Colorado’s lakes and streams for the serenity they afford. And we love them for the colorful fish they keep. Here we get to know some of the state’s vast array: Rainbow trout: However “the angler’s favorite and the mainstay of Colorado’s hatchery system,” as Colorado Parks and Wildlife describes the species, it is…
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Water’s scenic, surprising role at Colorado’s national parks
Across Colorado’s four national parks, water is both celebrated and sometimes overlooked. Water is not necessarily at the forefront of the parks’ popular postcards. The parks find themselves in a semi-desert state, after all. But if you venture far enough in some cases, if you visit at the right time and look closely in other…
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Stand-up paddleboarding spots for starting, training and sightseeing around Colorado
So you’re wanting to know what Colorado’s stand-up paddleboarding craze is all about, affectionately shortened to SUP. We’ve got some ideal spots in mind. We realize “ideal” has different meaning for different people. Some might want to try some gentle water close to their home city. Others might want to add SUP to their next…
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6 fun-filled water parks around Denver and Colorado Springs
Much of our nostalgia lingers on sunny days at the pool, splashing and sliding and canon-balling before a sweet treat back with Mom. You might’ve grown up and put those places in the past. But those places still very much exist around Colorado’s biggest cities, you know. And if you’ve got kids of your own…
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Camping by a lake in Colorado: 8 places we love
There’s nothing quite like opening the flap of your tent in the morning to the view of a lake, watching the rising sun’s warm glow dance across the water that reflects Colorado’s mountain majesty. Yes, in setting a course for a camping trip this summer, we’re thinking about lakes. We’re thinking about these: Chicago Lakes…