10 days in Colorado in June
Besides RMNP, what are your top three or four places to see in Colorado in June? We won't be jeeping, hiking, or riding horses. Mostly I'd like to hear about great towns and scenery. A little som...
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We won't be jeeping, hiking, or riding horses. Mostly I'd like to hear about great towns and scenery. A little someplace to walk around in the day, and then a great place to camp.
That could possibly/probably change some recommendations. So...great towns and scenery.
You could start in Grand Lake. It's a fun town, lots to see and do, though on a smaller scale. Paddle boats/canoes on Grand Lake, incredible vistas, some short hikes if you change your mind. The "quiet" side of Rocky, you could camp at Timber Creek CG inside the park; it's all first come/first served and a great place to stay. If you've got a Senior Pass, it's half price. Also 2 commercial CG in the area and 4-5 USFS CG also in the area.
Summit County. Frisco, Silverthorne, Dillon, Breckenridge. So much to see and do there, you could spend a lot of time there and not see everything.
As Thunder Mountain said, Chaffee and Lake Counties, the heart of the Upper Arkansas Valley. Leadville, Buena Vista, Salida, Poncha Springs. Set up camp somewhere in those towns and you've got the Valley as well as going over in to South Park to Fairplay as a day trip, or to Alma. Go up and over Cottonwood Park and behold the beauty of Taylor Park. Go up and over Poncha Pass and the expanse of the San Luis Valley awaits you. Go up and over Monarch Pass and the Gunnison Valley and Black Canyon of the Gunnison await you. At the top of Monarch Pass, there's an aerial tram that takes you to the high point on the south side of the pass with views that are what Colorado is all about. You could spend the entire month of June in those 2 counties and not run out of things to see and do.
Antonito. The Cumbres and Toltec Railroad. Crosses the CO-NM border multiple times and is an experience of a life time. Take the train one way, and there's a bus that brings you back the other way. You can start on the Antonito side, or the Chama side, there's no right or wrong.
There's so much more, this is just the tip of the Colorado iceberg!
That could possibly/probably change some recommendations. So...great towns and scenery.
You could start in Grand Lake. It's a fun town, lots to see and do, though on a smaller scale. Paddle boats/canoes on Grand Lake, incredible vistas, some short hikes if you change your mind. The "quiet" side of Rocky, you could camp at Timber Creek CG inside the park; it's all first come/first served and a great place to stay. If you've got a Senior Pass, it's half price. Also 2 commercial CG in the area and 4-5 USFS CG also in the area.
Summit County. Frisco, Silverthorne, Dillon, Breckenridge. So much to see and do there, you could spend a lot of time there and not see everything.
As Thunder Mountain said, Chaffee and Lake Counties, the heart of the Upper Arkansas Valley. Leadville, Buena Vista, Salida, Poncha Springs. Set up camp somewhere in those towns and you've got the Valley as well as going over in to South Park to Fairplay as a day trip, or to Alma. Go up and over Cottonwood Park and behold the beauty of Taylor Park. Go up and over Poncha Pass and the expanse of the San Luis Valley awaits you. Go up and over Monarch Pass and the Gunnison Valley and Black Canyon of the Gunnison await you. At the top of Monarch Pass, there's an aerial tram that takes you to the high point on the south side of the pass with views that are what Colorado is all about. You could spend the entire month of June in those 2 counties and not run out of things to see and do.
Antonito. The Cumbres and Toltec Railroad. Crosses the CO-NM border multiple times and is an experience of a life time. Take the train one way, and there's a bus that brings you back the other way. You can start on the Antonito side, or the Chama side, there's no right or wrong.
There's so much more, this is just the tip of the Colorado iceberg!
