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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There are many good answers to your original post. I'll just highlight one of them:
+> Take the Peak to Peak Highway from Estes Park to I-70 W. (I can give details on this route if you wish.) Turn at Copper Mountain onto CO 91 through Leadville to Buena Vista for your base campground (many to choose from).
From Buena Vista you can make day trips to Aspen, Salida, Leadville, St. Elmo, or even over Cottonwood Pass to Taylor River and Crested Butte.
This would fulfill your request for three places, but . . .
+> you come on down US 285 to Monte Vista and drive over to South Fork US 160. Either stay there or go on up to Creede. Great campground at Mountain View in Creede. One of the best repertory theaters in the country in Creede.
From Creede you would have a choice: go back over to 285 and down to Santa Fe (220 miles) or go west on 160 over Wolf Creek Pass to Pagosa Springs then down through Chama, NM to Santa Fe. A bit longer, but also a nice drive.
I haven't even included a stop in Taos, NM which would always be on my list of great places to visit.
We stay at Arrowhead RV Park in Buena Vista, Mountain View in Creede, Taos Valley in Taos, and Santa Fe Skies in Santa Fe.
+> Take the Peak to Peak Highway from Estes Park to I-70 W. (I can give details on this route if you wish.) Turn at Copper Mountain onto CO 91 through Leadville to Buena Vista for your base campground (many to choose from).
From Buena Vista you can make day trips to Aspen, Salida, Leadville, St. Elmo, or even over Cottonwood Pass to Taylor River and Crested Butte.
This would fulfill your request for three places, but . . .
+> you come on down US 285 to Monte Vista and drive over to South Fork US 160. Either stay there or go on up to Creede. Great campground at Mountain View in Creede. One of the best repertory theaters in the country in Creede.
From Creede you would have a choice: go back over to 285 and down to Santa Fe (220 miles) or go west on 160 over Wolf Creek Pass to Pagosa Springs then down through Chama, NM to Santa Fe. A bit longer, but also a nice drive.
I haven't even included a stop in Taos, NM which would always be on my list of great places to visit.
We stay at Arrowhead RV Park in Buena Vista, Mountain View in Creede, Taos Valley in Taos, and Santa Fe Skies in Santa Fe.
