These mountain towns are the kind of places where the lady on Main Street with the kayak over her shoulder throws a neighborly nod your way and the corner barista welcomes customers by first name.
Sustainability Activity
Travel Like a Local
There are special places and unique vistas around nearly every Colorado corner. You can help ensure these places exist for generations to come by staying on roads and trails, keeping speeds in check, leaving campsites and picnic spots just as you found them, and following instructional signs while you’re out and about in our state.
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Activity
National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
What would it be like to work in a mine, blasting rock in narrow passageways deep underground? Find out at the National Mining Hall of Fame &…
Lunch
High Mountain Pies
We, the High Mountain Pies Culinary Team, are dedicated in our quest to broadcast our fresh and delicious pizza to the hungry world via our…
Activity
Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin
Discover Leadville's finest Victorian homes for a glimpse of Western life in a booming silver-mining camp. Healy House is a restoration of August…
Dinner
City on a Hill Coffee & Espresso
We are located in the green brick building in the center of downtown Leadville, just south of the traffic light. The shop is a warm place to relax…
Activity
The Delaware Mercantile at the Delaware Hotel
The Delaware Mercantile at The Delaware Hotel is Leadville's largest and most unique shopping experience. From clothing to jewelry, souvenirs to toys…
Lodging
The Historic Delaware Hotel
With lodging, dining and shopping all under one roof, the Delaware Hotel is a one-of-a-kind property in Leadville, if not in Colorado. Perfect for…
Day
2
Breakfast
Tennessee Pass Cafe
We use organic, locally-sourced ingredients wherever possible to create delicious plates that feed your soul after your mountain adventures. Think…
Activity
Collegiate Peaks - Scenic and Historic Byway
This paved 57-mile route parallels the Continental Divide at the foot of the Sawatch Range
Insider's Tip
Take the Byway to Salida
Make your way along through the state's towering peaks and valleys from Leadville to Salida.
Lunch
The Fritz
Gastro-Pub? Americana Bistro? Global Cafe? Call it what you want, we call it delicious, and hopefully you will too. Sandwiches by day, Small and…
Activity
Salida Creative District
Arkansas-Riverside Salida was named one of Outside Magazine's Top 10 Best Small Towns in 2009, and since then it's become even better! Its…
Dinner
50 Burger Shakes & Beer
Our menu is created with the highest quality ingredients. Custom-blended brisket burgers, turkey burgers, grilled chicken, fresh fish, salads and…
Activity
Elevation Beer Company
We all had the same dream of starting a brewery that brewed the highest quality barrel aged and specialty beers we could imagine. At the same time we…
Lodging
Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort
Enjoy a touch of luxury in these modern cozy log cabins. Rustic at heart, each cabin houses either a 1 or 2 bedroom layout, a loft with 2 queen…
Day
3
Breakfast
Jan's Restaurant
Down-to-earth place offering hearty servings of American fare, including breakfast, plus a bar.
Activity
Noah's Ark Whitewater Rafting
Noah's Ark Whitewater Rafting is a one-stop-shop for adventuring together. Take on the class III+ rapids of the Arkansas River and Colorado's…
Lunch
Eddyline Restaurant, Brewery & Taphouse
Wood-fired pizza & grill, Award winning Ales & Lagers, Colorado's only 16oz micro-cannery!
Activity
Buena Vista Bike Co
A local bicycle shop dedicated to all things cycling! Sales, Rentals, demos, repairs, accessories, maps, ride advice, etc. Bikes....that's all we…
Dinner
House Rock Kitchen
House Rock Kitchen is a fast casual, from scratch, healthy, fun option in Buena Vista.
Activity
Deerhammer Distilling Company
This family-owned micro-distillery is nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountain's Collegiate Peaks in downtown Buena Vista, Colorado. With our…
Lodging
Cottonwood Hot Springs Inn & Spa
Come soak in Colorado's purest, geothermal, gravity-fed mineral spas. Historically noted for their medicinal and therapeutic value, the springs…