The town was established in the early 1870s for workers of Caribou silver mine. The silver mine did well and by 1875 at its peak, about 3,000 people lived in town. There was a church, three saloons, a brewery, and a town newspaper, the Caribou Post. The Caribou silver...
The Big Thompson River is about 78 miles long and originates in the Rocky Mountains within the Forest Canyon. Big Thompson, or “The Big T,” as it’s nicknamed, is an easy river to follow as it goes along Highway 34, right beside higher populated areas like Loveland....
The Chapel on the Rock is a functioning Catholic chapel and tourist landmark in Allenspark, Colorado, USA. The chapel is located on the grounds of the Saint Malo Retreat, Conference, and Spiritual Center of the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver. The chapel is open to the...
Eldora Mountain Resort is a ski area in the southwest corner of Boulder County, Colorado, near the unincorporated community of Eldora and 3 miles west of the town of Nederland. Nederland is a statutory town located near Barker Meadow Reservoir in the foothills of...
Short lakeside hiking trail near Nederland, Colorado. Nederland is a statutory town located near Barker Meadow Reservoir in the foothills of southwest Boulder County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census it had a population of 1,445. Barker...
RAW, remote, tucked deep in Colorado's rugged Rockies, the high valley of North Park and its County of Jackson literally scream FRONTIER and a past fast-held in present days. Isolated North Park, a high mountain valley encompassing Jackson County, requires resilience...
Lake Agnes is an alpine lake in the Colorado State Forest State Park occurring within the Never Summer Mountain Range. The lake lies within glacial tarn surrounded by a cirque consisting of Nokhu Crags, Static Peak, Mount Richthofen, Mount Mahler, and Braddock Peak....
Valley of the Gods is a scenic backcountry area is southeastern Utah, near Mexican Hat. It is a hidden gem with scenery similar to that of nearby Monument Valley. Valley of the Gods offers isolated buttes, towering pinnacles and wide open spaces that seem to go on...
Thick smoke from California and Oregon wildfires pollute the crisp, 36 degree, morning air and steal my view of the beautiful snow capped peaks above the Illinois River near Walden, Colorado. Forestry mismanagement is taking a toll on tourism in the Rockies! Walden,...