Colorado - The heart of the Rocky Mountains

State Capital: Denver
Admission to the union:
August 1st, 1876 as 38th state

Dominated by the Rocky Mountains, Colorado is the ski and snowboard capital of America. The prosperous state has abundant cattle, maize and oil as well as its stunning natural beautiful and the best snow facilities in the country. Denver’s commercial centre is known as the Wall Street of the West and has a vibrate night life and cultural activities galore. The Arkansas River tumbles from the Rockies and provides exhilarating rafting fun in the warmer months. Colorado’s great outdoors make it an ideal year round destination. The state has numerous historical monuments from pioneering times and stretching back to early Indian eras.

Things to do in Colorado:

If Colorado is the capital of skiing, then Aspen is the capital of the capital of skiing. Every level of skill catered for.

The Mesa Verde National Monument is the UNESCO world heritage site of the Cliff Palace, cliff perched home to the Anasazi Indians.

Time is holding its breath at Bent’s Old Fort, a trading station built in 1833 where trappers traded with the Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians.

The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad offers nostalgic scenic steam and diesel train excursions which are a hit with train buffs and kids.

Monument Canyon will remind you of the Grand Canyon (but more manageable); ideal for hikers and day picnickers. Viator. Rafting.

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