Family Vacations In Colorado
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Glenwood Springs is home to the Sunlight Mountain Resort which has 67 ski trails.
One has a vertical drop of 2,000 feet. Another one is a family-friendly bunny run that stretches out for 2.5 miles.
They have one of the more extreme runs that has a 52 percent grade. Sunlight Mountain Resort also has the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.
Glenwood Springs is located near the Roaring Fork River and the Colorado River.
You can take guided river rafting trips that are calm enough for the whole family as well as more adventurous rapids.
The Glenwood Hot Springs Pool is more than three city blocks long with two giant waterslides. and a special shallow pool for the younger children.
The natural water temperature is 90 to 93 deg year round making the pool a popular vacation ideas even in the winter.
It's rugged countryside and the wild beauty is what attracts many vacationers here to visit. One of the more popular things things to do is sledding down the sides of the sand dunes and cooling down in the waters of the Medano Creek.
Kids love this and bring sleds, skis and snowboards to ride the dunes. Or you can just roll down the sides of the sand dunes. Great Sand Dunes National Park has the tallest dunes in North America with some topping 700 feet tall.
It's a great spot for nature photography and the surrounding park mountains are great for hiking and backpacking. The whole family can enjoy this top outdoor Colorado vacation spot.
The town decided to dig a new "mine", not to mine silver but to house the Creede Underground Mining Museum. The museum includes real mining equipment and displays authentic methods and techniques used when the real mine was actively pulling silver from deep underground.
The museum, gift shop and the community center are all underground. This is a fun spot to stop on your Colorado family vacation.
Creede is is in a beautiful natural setting and prides itself on it's roots in the western mining and ranching heritage that built this country.
There are a number of guest ranches in area such as Broadacres Ranch and Lost Trail Ranch. Here you can find cabin accommodations and various fun things to do - river float trips, backcountry fishing and horseback riding trips.
Along with the nature walks the park is great for cross-country skiing and bird watching. Ask about the Junior Ranger Program for kids. But only the older kids ill be up to negotiating route to the cliff dwellings. This involves ladders, tunnels and steep staircases.
At the top, the Balcony House has wall erected around it to keep residents from tumbling down the cliffs. Mesa Verde National Park provides a fascinating look back into the lives the Pueblo people who carved their primitive homes out of the sides of the mountain over 700 years ago.
Probably few of you have heard of the little town of Cascade, Colorado, which is the first mountain town just ten miles west of Colorado Springs.
The entrance to the Pikes Peak Tollway, which can take you to the very top of the 14,110 foot mountain, is in our town. Pikes Peak is known as America's Mountain because "America the Beautiful" describes the view from the top.
As you drive toward Pikes Peak, you'll pass the North Pole, where Santa lives from May until Christmas Eve. Here you can ride on the world's highest altitude Ferris wheel (at over 8000 feet), or on other rides, as well as see Santa. This is where all the letters written to Santa come, and are answered.
As you come back, you can stop at Colorado Wines to have a meal, perhaps during the summer sitting by Fountain Creek, or to sample and buy some of Colorado Wines.
Next door, you'll find the Gourmet Popcorn store, which features varieties of popcorn including crème de menthe, cinnamon, cheese, etc.
If you drive ten minutes down the road to Colorado Springs, you can visit the many attractions there - the Garden of the Gods, the beautiful Broadmoor Resort, many museums, or drive further and see the Air Force Academy.
Stay in Cascade in one of our beautiful B & Bs which compare to any in the world - the Rocky Mountain Lodge & Cabins in Cascade, Eastholme in the Rockies, or The Blue Spruce.
And breathe the very fresh mountain air, see deer in the yard at the B & Bs, listen to the magpies, and you might even see a red fox. Cascade is an excellent spot for family vacations in Colorado.
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