Royal Gorge Area -- Good for 2 or 3 Weeks?
We love to escape the heat/humidity of E Texas in the summer, but have gotten past driving to the coast of Calif. Dont like Ruidoso or Durango; still too far anyway. Reckon we could enjoy Royal Gorg...
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By going to Canon City/Royal Gorge area, you'll be escaping the humidity, but not the heat. At around 5300 feet, that's really not considered at elevation by Colorado standards. And during the summer, the Pueblo general area (which would include Canon City) can get quite hot.
That said, unlike the other posters, I think the Royal Gorge area has a lot to offer. Yes, it's touristy, but it's beautiful as well. That area was ravaged by fires a few years back, so it should be interesting to see how it's recovered, both nature and structures. I would not, however, plan to spend up to 3 weeks in that area, unless you wanted to use it as a base for some of the other suggestions. There are better base areas.
If you have 3 weeks, why not split them up? A week in the Royal Gorge area, a week in Salida, and a week in South Fork. Keeps you in the central/south central mountain areas where it will be cooler, and give you diversity of things to see/do, as others have pointed out.
That said, unlike the other posters, I think the Royal Gorge area has a lot to offer. Yes, it's touristy, but it's beautiful as well. That area was ravaged by fires a few years back, so it should be interesting to see how it's recovered, both nature and structures. I would not, however, plan to spend up to 3 weeks in that area, unless you wanted to use it as a base for some of the other suggestions. There are better base areas.
If you have 3 weeks, why not split them up? A week in the Royal Gorge area, a week in Salida, and a week in South Fork. Keeps you in the central/south central mountain areas where it will be cooler, and give you diversity of things to see/do, as others have pointed out.
