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Colorado in the Summer
Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:04 am
Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:04 am
I was looking at Colorado during the summer with the family, ages 8,7,7 and wife.
Ive been skiing in Colorado and there are places I like but was seeing if someone knew of a good spot for the Summer. We are simi active will hike and white water raft if we can, also I like a cool mountain town village like Vail or Breckenridge.
Budget is $3,000. Looking for a 5 day trip
Any suggestions
Ive been skiing in Colorado and there are places I like but was seeing if someone knew of a good spot for the Summer. We are simi active will hike and white water raft if we can, also I like a cool mountain town village like Vail or Breckenridge.
Budget is $3,000. Looking for a 5 day trip
Any suggestions
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 1:12 am
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Posted on 7/25/19 at 1:18 am to martiallaw
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like a cool mountain town village like Vail
Vail is the equivalent of a shopping mall in the burbs. It was built in the 60s purely as a town for people to stay in while they skiied. Durango, Crested Butte, Telluride, Salida and even Aspen are all genuine,old Colorado towns. Aspen of course is really expensive and Salida is the least expensive of the ones I've named. Salida is also easier to drive to if coming from the Texas direction.
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 1:20 am
Posted on 7/25/19 at 6:44 am to Zappas Stache
You are correct on Vail. Feels like an upscale strip mall...sort of is.
Breck/Frisco...Real little mountain towns to use as a base camp for fun. OP take heed.
Breck/Frisco...Real little mountain towns to use as a base camp for fun. OP take heed.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 8:51 am to Zappas Stache
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Salida is the least expensive of the ones I've named. Salida is also easier to drive to if coming from the Texas direction.
You people need to stop telling other people about places like Salida.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:40 am to martiallaw
Just got back and hit Bailey, Co - South West of Denver. It is a fun tiny town for a day.
Sasquatch is here:
Sasquatch Outpost
Awesome Ropes Course with great views and zips:
Treehouse Adventure Park
Sasquatch is here:
Sasquatch Outpost
Awesome Ropes Course with great views and zips:
Treehouse Adventure Park
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:59 am to Blah
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Bailey, Co just west of Boulder
Nope
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:27 am to Duke
leadville, salida (sorry), poncha, canon city and BV are all great great summer towns. to the west there are durango, silverton, ouray & ridgway, all awesome and fun
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:23 am to cgrand
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leadville, salida (sorry), poncha, canon city and BV are all great great summer towns.
I know them well, just want fewer people to know about them too.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:21 pm to Duke
I did a ton of research about good summer towns for kids and we took our 6 and 8 year old to Breckenridge last summer
It was amazing and we can’t wait to go back. Not too busy and never waited for a restaurant.
Got a good rate at a VBRO and we walked everywhere. Rode bikes, played by the creeks, and took the lifts up to the top of the mountain.
They have a park at the top of the mountain called Epic discovery. You can zip line, go sledding, etc
It was amazing and we can’t wait to go back. Not too busy and never waited for a restaurant.
Got a good rate at a VBRO and we walked everywhere. Rode bikes, played by the creeks, and took the lifts up to the top of the mountain.
They have a park at the top of the mountain called Epic discovery. You can zip line, go sledding, etc
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 7/26/19 at 2:26 pm to martiallaw
try winter park just got back from there about three ago
Posted on 7/27/19 at 7:07 am to martiallaw
We went to CO this summer after several years in Pensacola Beach and we loved it.
We took our three daughters (13,11,9) to Crested Butte for 3 nights and then Breck for 3 nights, with a day of white water rafting in between in Buena Vista. Probably one of the next vacations we’ve had.
CB is known for wild flowers and mountain biking. Breck is much bigger but also had a nice mountain park for the kids to play on.
Warm days and cool nights is a super refreshing get away from the hot TX summer heat. I would go back in a heartbeat for the rafting alone. It was absolutely incredible.
We took our three daughters (13,11,9) to Crested Butte for 3 nights and then Breck for 3 nights, with a day of white water rafting in between in Buena Vista. Probably one of the next vacations we’ve had.
CB is known for wild flowers and mountain biking. Breck is much bigger but also had a nice mountain park for the kids to play on.
Warm days and cool nights is a super refreshing get away from the hot TX summer heat. I would go back in a heartbeat for the rafting alone. It was absolutely incredible.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:18 pm to MEANGREEN65
Which one did you like better? CB or Breck
Posted on 7/27/19 at 5:49 pm to martiallaw
Vail is to low elevation for summer.
Base out of Breckinridge , you can sit outside around Maggie pond ,take lift up mountain and hike bike down
Go to Dillion lake
And day trip to other ski areas and use their lifts to get you higher and away to view stuff and find some ice or old snow
Fourth of July activities at Breckinridge are great and they shoot fireworks off over lake Dillion
Base out of Breckinridge , you can sit outside around Maggie pond ,take lift up mountain and hike bike down
Go to Dillion lake
And day trip to other ski areas and use their lifts to get you higher and away to view stuff and find some ice or old snow
Fourth of July activities at Breckinridge are great and they shoot fireworks off over lake Dillion
Posted on 7/28/19 at 8:58 am to martiallaw
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Which one did you like better? CB or Breck
They are very different. CB is a small town and is great for that reason. Vail recently bought the ski resort so if you want to go to a small mountain town go soon before they dump a bunch of money in to it and make it something different. The locals seemed to really appreciate the fact that we came to their town to enjoy a CO summer.
Breck is great too but much bigger. More people and lots of stuff to do. It seemed more touristy for sure.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 9:24 am to knothead2955
Our neighbors are in Winter Park right now and the pictures they’re sending back are beautiful. They have done horseback riding theough the mountains, rock climbing, white water rafting, bike rides around lakes, fishing....all sorts of outdoor activities right there.
We are currently planning a trip there next summer based on the photographs they’ve sent and the chats we’ve shared .
Bonus: you can fly direct into Denver from Houston on the cheap, and it is only a 45 minute drive to Winter Park from Denver
We are currently planning a trip there next summer based on the photographs they’ve sent and the chats we’ve shared .
Bonus: you can fly direct into Denver from Houston on the cheap, and it is only a 45 minute drive to Winter Park from Denver
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