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ʻO nā waiʻo Water Mountains
ʻO nā kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe o Colorado keʻano o nā hika nui a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani. ʻOi lākou keʻano o nā kahawai waihā - kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa o ka honua nei.
ʻOiaiʻaʻole he moana o Colorado, aia he mau kaukani mau mile o nā kahawai a me nā kahawai he nui, i ka nui o ka hoʻokomoʻana i nā wai kahe nui. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka nui o nā wai maʻamau i hāʻule i lalo i ke kuamoʻo e like me ke kiʻiʻana i nā canyons, e like me ke kahawaiʻo Bigmpson Canyon i ka Rocky Mountain National Park. Keʻikeʻia ka hāʻule nui nuiʻana i kaʻaoʻao.
Inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻokokoke aku i nā kahawai o Colorado, ua hūnāʻia kekahi i nā mea huna o nā mauna, me kahiʻoihana paʻakikī,ʻoiai he lima pōkole ke hele wāwae a maʻalahi mai kahi alahele.
No laila, e hoʻonui i kou hiki, ka manawa a me ka wikiwiki e koho ai i kou hika o ka heluna punahele.
Eia nāʻelima punahele punahele a pau.
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1. Ke kau iā Lake
Kokokeʻo Glenwood Springs.
Heʻano kūlohelohe maoli kēia ma Colorado. ʻO ke kahakaiʻo Hanging hōʻailona, i hoʻopuniʻia e ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, ua aneane kokoke e pale i ka lihi o ka pali, no laila kona inoa. Hoʻopiliʻia nāʻauwai waipuni i kahi pali i loko o ke kai. ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanahaʻo Hanging Lake kekahi o nā wahi waho waho o Colorado.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki ke loaʻa ka kaumaha i ke kaʻa. No laila, e pale i nā mākaʻikaʻi nui a hele i kēia alahele i ka wanaʻao, i ka wā he kakaikahi nā malihini a ua māmā ka wela.
ʻAʻole pōkole ke alahele akā hiki keʻike i ke koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka uku,ʻelua mauʻauwai wai a me ke kai. Hiki i nā mākaʻikaʻi ke hele ma hope o Sprouting Rock Falls.
Akā, e noho i waho o ke kai. ʻO kēia mea kupaianaha hou he loko kai e hoʻolālāʻia e ka halihali travertine. He'āina 'āina kūlohelohe a paʻakikī.
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2. Zapata Falls
E kokoke ana i Great Sand Dunes National Park .
No ka heleʻana i ka ululāʻau Zapata Falls, ponoʻoe e kiʻi mua i kahi ala lepo lepo o nā loli. Hiki paha iāʻoe ke hele i kahi ala hewaʻole e noʻonoʻo paha i ka huliʻana (ma hope o ka hapalua hora aʻoi aʻe paha o ka hele wikiwiki), akā e hoʻomau i ka heleʻana i mua, mahalo i nā manaʻo ma ke ala.
ʻO ka Zapata Falls hike he pilinaʻohana a maʻalahi. ʻAʻole i lalo o kahi mile mile, e hōʻike ana i ka nānā aku i nā puʻu one a me ke Awawaʻo San Luis.
ʻAʻole i pau kēia hike i ka wai. No ke komoʻana iā ia, ponoʻoe e hele ma uka o Zapata Creek - ma ke kai maloʻo pinepine. Akahele; ʻaʻole hiki ke palekana kēia wahi no nā keiki,ʻoiai e hiki ke holo wikiwiki i kēia manawa,ʻoiai ke piʻi ka lele ma ke kauwela. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia ka manawa iʻoi aku kaʻoluʻolu o ka wailele.
ʻO ka wailele he 40-kapuai ka lōʻihi, a no ka loaʻaʻana o kaʻike maikaʻi loa, ponoʻoe e piʻi i loko o kahi kuʻi pōhaku. Akā ua pono ia, ināʻoe eʻae. He hopena paʻakikī kēia e hiki ai iāʻoe keʻike i kahi wailele mai lalo mai.
He mea maikaʻi loa ke hōʻalo i kēia hike i ka hoʻoilo a me ke kumu wai, i ka wā e pilikia ai ka hau a ma ka māmā, ke alahele a me lalo.
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3. ka lua o ke kai
Kokoke i Rifle.
ʻO kahi'ē aʻe ka maʻalahi - he 1.5 mile wale nō ka holo - akā,ʻekolu mau uku,ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO Rifle Falls kahi home he 70 mau kapuaʻi kapuai. Heʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ke ānuenue lua. I mea e hoʻohui ai i ka magic, ma lalo o ka hāʻule, eʻikeʻoe i nā anaʻoihanaʻoihana e hiki i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi eʻimi ai, no laila e lawe mai i ka kukui.
Hiki nō keʻaʻaʻia ka hike pono'ī, me kahi ala hele i hiki iāʻoe ke lanakila ma ka hapalua hora. ʻO wai ka mea'ōlelo i nā mea maikaʻi e pono ai ka hanaʻoʻoleʻa?
Ma muli o ka nani a me ka nani o ka nani, hiki i ka Rifle Falls ke hana nui i ka wā o ke kauwela, a ua kaupalena ka kaʻa. No kahiʻike pilikino, e kākau i hoʻokahi o nā wahi hoʻomoana e 13 kokoke i mua.
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4. Ka Hīnaʻi Hoʻohālua o ka Devil
Eia kahi holokoku wailele maikaʻi e hoʻokuʻu iāʻoe mai ka hui nui.
ʻO kēia ka hike hele wāwae maʻamau i kahi mamao aku i ke kūlanakauhale wīwī o Boulder. Hāpaiʻia ka hike 13-mile i ka "kūpono" i loko o ka pilikia, no laila maikaʻiʻole e kau i kāu mau keiki. Hiki i nā poʻe kelepa keʻoluʻolu i ka hoʻonā, i ka lōʻihi a me ke piʻiʻana (ʻoi aku i ke 2,400 kapuaʻi). No ka lōʻihi, ka wai paʻa a me ka meaʻai.
He nui nā hiʻohiʻona nani ma kēia holoʻana, akā he mea nui loaʻo Jasper Creek Waterfall - pinepineʻoleʻia e like me ka nui o nā wahi wailele'ē aʻe, no ka pilikia. Hāʻahiʻo Jasper Creek i kahi nani o ka wailele ma ke ala (me kahi ala pōkole o ke alanui eʻike ai i kaʻike).
ʻOiaiʻaʻole kēia wailele i kahi hope loa o ka holoʻana, he mea hoʻonāukiuki ka hoʻonāukiuki iāʻoe e hoʻokomo iā Jasper Lake a ma waho.
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5. Bridal Veil Falls
Kokoke i Telluride.
He nui nā kumu e hele ai iā Telluride, aʻo kekahi o lākouʻo Bridal Veil Falls, ke kahawai kiʻekiʻe loa o Colorado, e piʻi ana i 365 kapuaʻi ma lalo o ke kahawai.
ʻAʻole iʻoi aku kaʻinoʻino o ka holoʻana, ma kahi o 1.8 mile ma kēlā me kēia me ke ala a luna me kahi waiwai kiʻekiʻe o 1,650 kapuaʻi. Laweʻia ka nui o nā holokai no ka hora hoʻokahi ma kēlā me kēia ala. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele aku i kahi lōʻihi loa, akā ma hope o kahi helu,ʻaʻole eʻae houʻia nā kaʻa. ʻO kekahi poʻe huakaʻi hele i waho o kā lākou mau kaʻa, aʻo kekahi e hele i ka hopena hope. He wahi kūpono hoʻi ia e hele ai i nā wāʻehā.
He mea lōʻihiʻo Telluride mai Denver mai, no laila, mai manaʻoʻoe e kuʻi i kēia ma kahi hele lā, inā hoʻonohoʻiaʻoe ma ke kūlanakauhale nui o Colorado.