Central Mountain Region

Introducing Central Mountain Region

Colorado’s central and northern mountains are well known for their plethora of ski resorts – including world-famous Aspen and Vail. In summer this region offers numerous opportunities for hiking and white-water rafting.

Last updated: Feb 17, 2009

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Colorado: a driver’s dream destination

1 February 2012

Colorado has 25 nationally designated Scenic & Historic Byways, and a number of mind-blowing drives that didn’t make the list,...

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Best US ski slopes

Blog: Lonely Planet blog - 8 February 2010

With the Winter Olympics dominating British Columbia’s best skiing starting this weekend, we thought we’d look just south to the USA’s best ski slopes. (Apologies to the slopes of upstate New York or Vermont out east, but the best US skiing is a truly Western matter.) Jackson Hole, Wyoming Big, fast, deep — Jackson Hole is not [...]

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We’ll Pass (Goodbye Eldora, CO Hello Gunnison)

Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 8 October 2009

During a week of Rocky Mountain Bliss at our friend Marca’s Valhalla cabin in Eldora, Colorado we enjoyed extreme golf cart off-roading (those things are tougher than they look…), speed hiking through three different seasons in a single afternoon, hot tub soaking, 50 mph wind (okay, we didn’t enjoy that so much) an old musical favorite (Galactic played live at the Fox theater in Boulder where we were charged a TicketBastard style surcharge even though we bought our tickets at the venue’s box office) plus a brand new musical discovery.

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It’s Our Favorite Klucking Podcast!

Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 14 August 2009

One of the ways we’ve discovered to arrive to a city feeling more in tune with it, is to listen to podcasts from local community radio. It’s a great way to get a feel for a city, know some of the current issues and even get hints on local places to eat and shop. One podcast [...]

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