Where do you take weekend trips

[dude_reino]

Originally Posted by suzco

Not to nitpick - sure don't want to step on toes as above - but for those who are curious, Vail was not even a "small farm settlement." There was a ranch at the base of what is now Vail mountain, that the original developers/founders of Vail bought. Read all about it: Vail | Vail's 50th Anniversary - Historical Timeline
End hijack.

Yes CET just did a good documentary a few months ago about the Hanson family who settled way up high in what is now East Vail. It was pretty good.

[davidv]

Originally Posted by dude_reino

1 hour: Fort Collins, CO Springs, Boulder, Winter Park, Keystone, Evergreen, Conifer, Idaho Springs, Blackhawk
2 hours: Breckenridge, Vail, Estes Park, Manitou Springs, Woodland Park, Pueblo, Poudre river, Red Feather Lakes, Fairplay, Cheyenne
3 hours: Steamboat, Glenwood Springs, Leadville, Trinidad, Buena Vista, Salida
4 hours: Aspen, Crested Butte, Gunnison, Great Sand Dunes, Wolf Creek, Palisade, Grand Junction, Fruita, Meeker
5 hours: Moab, Ridgway, Ouray, Dinosaur, Taos
6 hours: Telluride, Santa Fe, Durango, Silverton
7 hours: Rapid City, Lake Powell
8 hours: Jackson Hole, Yellowstone, Park City, Salt Lake City
10 hours: VEGAS!

Adding on:

3 hours: Lake McConaughy, NE and Glendo Reservoir, WY (boating, beaches and camping)
7 hours: Mesa Verde NP (Nothing like it in the east)
8 hours: Kansas City, MO and Omaha, NE (home of the College Baseball World Series)
10 hours: El Paso/Ciudad Juarez (Safer, but still unsafe by US standards)
11 hours: Lake of the Ozarks, MO (Boating, etc.), Spirit Lake/Okoboji, IA (cool lake resort town)

Often there are very low fares from DIA to Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Albuquerque and more that are under $150 round trip.

[mikescott17]

There are a lot of things you can do over the weekends and this actually would depend on your mood. You can go hiking, climb the rock in Castle Rock, go and visit Daniels Park. If you want something educational, you can visit a lot of museums located nearby Denver area, you can also explore botanical gardens. There are also a lot of events that you can join and witness.

[Katarina Witt]

Truth be told, most weekend trips are to the mountains.

[jamesdenver]

My list off the top of my head:

Winters: Most weekend trips are ski trips; Breckenridge, Vail, Copper, Keystone, Steamboat. I rarely do day trips skiing (unless I take a weekday off) so I do Friday or Saturday to Monday night with friends or when family visiting. Get a condo, ski a few days and have a mini-vaca rather than a day trip full of driving and lift lines.

Summer:
Breckenridge: (base for hiking/biking and cheap lodging). Buena Vista or Glenwood Springs (base for rafting). Roaring Fork Valley. (stay anywhere from Aspen to Glenwood).

Longer trips (3-4 days) I do Moab, Santa Fe, Northern NM (Eagle's Nest, Taos), Durango, San Luis Valley. Did a long weekend in Palisade a few years back.

For camping: Medicine Bow (between Cheyenne/Laramie), Guanella Pass, Poudre Canyon, some spots near Walden and north/central CO.