Colorado Active and Adventure Travel Guide

Colorado Active and Adventure Travel Guide

• Colorado Overview
• Colorado Hotels
• Colorado Attractions
• Colorado Feature Articles
• Colorado Adventure Trips
• Colorado Airports
• Colorado Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Colorado

• Colorado Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Aerial Sports
  • Biking
  • Climbing
  • Hiking and Backpacking
  • Paddling
  • Skiing
  • Snow Sports
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Horses and Riding

Top Active and Adventure Destinations In Colorado

• Vail, CO
  (1.6 mi.)
• Denver, CO
  
• Aspen and Snowmass, CO
  (105 mi.)
• Telluride, CO
  (196 mi.)
• Boulder, CO
  (24 mi.)
• Colorado Springs, CO
  (63 mi.)
• Crested Butte, CO
  (123 mi.)
• Durango, CO
  (137 mi.)
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, CO
  (167 mi.)
• Curecanti National Recreation Area, CO
  (157 mi.)

Travel Guides In Colorado

• Vail, CO (1.6 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Denver, CO
  • Family Guide
• Aspen and Snowmass, CO (105 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Telluride, CO (196 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Aspen, CO (105 mi.)
• Boulder, CO (24 mi.)
• Breckenridge, CO (22 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Colorado Springs, CO (63 mi.)
• Crested Butte, CO (123 mi.)
• Durango, CO (137 mi.)

Mountain West Active and Adventure States/Provinces

• Colorado
• Idaho
• Montana
• Utah
• Wyoming

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

Longs Peak, Colorado (Eric Wunrow/courtesy, Colorado Tourism)

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Overview
• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Active and Adventure Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Denver		Hotels
Aspen and Snowmass		Hotels
Telluride		Hotels
Vail		Hotels
Curecanti National Recreation Area		Hotels
Sangre De Cristo Wilderness Area		Hotels
Boulder		Hotels
Colorado Springs		Hotels
Crested Butte		Hotels
Durango		Hotels

Colorado Overview

Photos

Feature Articles

• Keystone Bike Park
  Keystone, CO
• The Uncrowded Mountain Town
  outside
  
• Rafting Colorado: Big Water Awaits
  Record snowfall over the winter has obviously made for bomber ski conditions throughout Colorado. But what happens when all that snow melts? Paddlers know. Colorado will be blessed with one of the most epic whitewater seasons in recent memory.
• Newest Rush
  outside
  Aspen Highlands' Newest Rush
• GORP - Dinosaur NM, Utah/Colorado - Monumental Moments
  gorp

Trip Ideas

• Big Mountain Magic: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
  Top 10 Winter Family Getaways
• A Class Unto Itself: Colorado's Whitewater
  
• Backyard Playgrounds
  Denver
• 9. Rocky Mountain, Colorado
  GORP's Top 10 Favorite Parks
• Rocky Mountain Highs: Gunnison National Forest, Colorado
  GORP's Top 10 Autumn Escapes: Fall's Best Forests

Practical Advice

• Fix a Busted Tire with a Buck
  outside
  Flatten your bike tire on a thorn and you can patch the inner tube or swap in a new one—no problem. Damage the tire itself (say, by tearing your sidewall on a sharp rock)—much bigger problem. Here's a quick field solution to keep you on the roll.
• How to Build a Bomber Anchor
  outside
  To set up your own anchor for a climbing top rope (or slackline, or car stuck in a ditch), all you need is a 20-foot piece of webbing, a carabiner, and a tree.
• Fix a Flat
  outside
  
• Welcome to Home Rental Country: The Refuge of the Un-Hotel
  Take the brand-name anonymity out of your next foray into the vacation world by getting the scoop on finding the best homes away from home.
• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Rocky Mountain Multisport
  The World Outdoors
  from $1998, 6 days
  Rocky Mountain National Park and surrounding wilderness areas are the showstoppers of the West! Emerald lakes, wildflower meadows and old growth...
  
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  Colorado Backcountry Multi-Sport
  The World Outdoors
  from $1598, 6 days
  Imagine a multi-sport getaway where you are literally immersed in the pristine wilds of Colorado's snow-covered peaks, wildflower-laden meadows and...
  
• 
  Vista Verde Ranch Winter Program
  Vista Verde Ranch
  from $1315, 7 days
  Vista Verde turns into to "Vista Blanca" as the snow falls in winter and offers a variety of fun ways to enjoy this beautiful part of the West. ...
  
• 
  Northern New Mexico and The Great Sand Dunes Hiker
  Timberline Adventures
  from $1895, 6 days
  Nestled against the grand backdrop of the rugged Sangre De Cristo Mountains in southern Colorado, the dunes are the centerpiece in the surreal...
  
• 
  Rocky Mountain Hiker
  The World Outdoors
  from $1498, 5 days
  Rocky Mountain National Park is the showpiece of the Colorado Rockies and we have selected the finest alpine trails in this land of...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Complete Gear Archives: Paddling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things paddling.
• Complete Gear Archives: Climbing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things climbing.
• Complete Gear Archives: Cycling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things related to cycling.
• Rock Steady
  outside
  This year’s trail bikes are lighter and more forgiving than ever. We tested the best.

Fitness

• The Rowbike
  outside
  Video
• Saddle Up
  outside
  Spring is here. Time to wipe the cobwebs off your bike, oil your chain, and kick your fitness into a new gear. Here's how.
• The Crazy Bet
  outside
  Win a $6,000 Custom Made Frame Set!
• The Master Plan
  outside
  A sport-by-sport guide to everything you need to excel.
• Mountain Athlete
  outside
  Jackson, Wyoming

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Attractions

Gem Lake Trail

Traveler Rating

Not Yet Rated

Access: Twin Owls Trailhead
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Description:

This is a relatively low elevation trail,... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Onahu Creek/Green Mountain Loop Trail

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Access: Onahu Creek Trailhead, 3 1/4 miles north of the Grand Lake Entrance Station
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Description:

From the trail head there's about a mile's... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Lily Mountain Trail

Traveler Rating

Not Yet Rated

I-70 to U.S. Rte. 40., then U.S. Rte.34 through Grand Lake
Estes Park, Colorado

Description: The Lily Mountain Trail runs beside Highway 7 and stretches about 1.6 miles from the trailhead. It's a moderate hike towards a rocky summit.... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

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Hotels

from: $120

Antlers at Vail Resort

680 West Lionshead Place
Vail, CO 81657

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Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center

620 Village Road
Breckenridge, CO 80424

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4.3 out of 5
44 reviews

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Brown Palace Hotel

321 17th Street
Denver, CO 80202

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