ʻO nā wahi maikaʻi loa e hele ai i ka kauʻana ma Colorado i ke kauwela

Mai nā waiwai a hiki i ka nalu wai, eia kahi e hoʻomaha ai i Colorado

Inā makemakeʻoe i ka hoʻomahaʻana i ke kauwela, ke poʻo i uka. ʻO ka meaʻole o Colorado i ka moana,ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i nāʻauwai hauʻoli, nāʻauwai alapine, nāʻauwai a me nā kumu wela.

ʻOiaiʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke holo i ka heʻenalu, he nui nāʻano likeʻole e hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Inā makemakeʻoe i ka helehelena, hiki mākou i ka pali (lele i ka hopena o kāu pilikia). Inā makemakeʻoe i ka hoʻomaha, ua komo mākou i loko o nā ana pua. Hiki i nā mea hauʻoli waho ke holo i ko lākou mau wai ponoʻole. A iʻole inā makemakeʻoe e'ōpala i loko o ka hale, loaʻa iā mākou nā pā hale a me nā kiʻi paʻi.

Eia nā wahi maikaʻi loa e hele ai eʻauʻau i Colorado i ke kauwela.

• 01 o 07

  ʻO Loop Loop

  Loaʻa i nā mauna o Colorado kahi hūnā huna: nāʻano maoli, nā kumuhana wela wela e hoʻoulu pinepine i ka lepo a hana i nā loko iʻa waiwai. He nui nā kumuhana wela o nāʻano likeʻole, mai nāʻano nui, nāʻauwai kūikawā kūikawā a me nā loko iʻa, huna, a me waho.

  ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe ke koho i kahi e hele ai? Hele i nā pūnāwai wela. ʻO kahi alahele koʻikoʻiʻo Hot Springs Loop Historic, ka mea e lawe iāʻoe ma kahi huakaʻi he 20 mile ma waena o 19 mau kahawai wela.

  Ma ke ala, eʻikeʻoe i nā lua pele a me nā kikowaena wai. Eʻauʻauʻoe i loko o ka uluʻo Strawberry Hot Springs i ka nahele o Steamboat Springs (kahi hiki iāʻoe keʻauʻau i kaʻohu ma hope o ka pōʻeleʻele). Eʻikeʻoe i ka puna wai wela nui loa o ka honua nui,ʻo Iron Mountain Springs Springs, piha i nā noho hoʻokele moana, ma Glenwood Springs.

  E hele pūʻoe i Pagosa Springs, kahi home punahele hohonu o ka honua (aia ma kahi o 1,002 kapuaʻi),ʻoiai ka holoʻana i loko o kēia loko wela loa he palena aʻaʻole palekana. ʻAʻole e hopohopo. Pagosa kekahi o nā poʻomaka'ē aʻe e koho mai, me ka puʻupuʻu Lobster hou.

• 02 o 07

  ʻO Lake Nui

  ʻO Lake Grand, he kahakai mauna e kū ana ma ka inoa o kēlā me kēia inoa,ʻo ke kahakai hohonu loa o Colorado. ʻO Lake Nui, i hoʻopuniʻia e nā lāʻau kiʻekiʻe a me nā puʻu, he mea kupaianaha ke nānā a keʻoluʻolu loa hoʻi i ka moku.

  He mau kahakai nui hoʻi kona, he one kahakai, heʻokoʻa iki mai ka papaʻaina a me ka hale kahiko i ka hale me nā hale kūʻai he 60 a me nā haleʻai. Kū'ē i nā hoe waʻa, nā waʻa, a hele i ka lawaiʻa eʻike i ka moana nui.

• 03 o 07

  ʻO ka Zappatta Falls

  E hele eʻauʻau i kahi wailele hunaʻia i ka wā e noho anaʻoe ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Colorado. ʻO Zappata Falls kekahi o ko mākou mau wahi punahele e hoʻomaha ai ma ke awāwaʻo San Luis, akā eʻikeʻoe e hele anaʻoe ināʻaʻole wikiwiki ka holoʻana, aʻaʻole paha e palekana i ka heleʻana a pau i ka hāʻule. .

  Aiaʻo Zappata Falls ma kahi kokoke i ke Kula Nui National Dunes nui ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o kahi ala makani (e manaʻo pahaʻoe ua hele hewaʻoe a ua nalo, akā e hele mau nei). ʻO kaʻike i ka hale kaʻa e hoʻonanea loa ia, akā, e piʻi i ke ala a hiki i kaʻikeʻana i kahiʻokoʻa he 25 mau wāwae i hoʻoleiʻia i kahi awāwa. Hiki iāʻoe keʻae i ia mea ma o ka uluʻana ma waena o ke kahawaiʻo Rio Grande, kahi o nā muliwai lōʻihi ma ka'āina.

  Ke hāʻawi nei ka wai i kahi nani nani,ʻoiai inā e holo wikiwiki anaʻo ia e komo i loko, akā inā hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolālā i nā mahina kau ma hope i ka hikiʻana o ka manawa i lalo nei e like me 100 mau lihi,ʻo ka'ōpala ma lalo o kēia wailele ke ala e hoʻomaha ai, kahiʻano o Colorado.

• 04 o 07

  Paʻiʻo Conundrum

  He huakaʻiʻo Conundrum Hot Springs i kona inoa pono'ī, no ka mea,ʻo ia kekahi o nā punawai kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua. Ma ka 11,200 kapuaʻi ma mua o kaʻilikai, he kūlana kūlana kiʻekiʻe kēia no Colorado,ʻaʻole mamao loa mai Aspen.

  ʻAʻole hiki ke hele maʻaneʻi, akā. Ponoʻoe e hele i kahiʻeiwa mau mile ma kēlā me kēia ala ma ke alanuiʻo Conundrum Creek ma mua o kou hikiʻana i ka luawai wai maoli. Akā, ua pono ka hana. He koho ka lole a ua hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻia nā loko i keʻano. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi,ʻo kēia wai ka mea i hoʻonāukiukiʻia (e like me nāʻano kinoʻole o ka wai ma nā mauna, hiki ke hōʻoluʻolu i ke kauwela).

  E lawe mai i kahi hale lole a noho kokoke i kahi kokoke, no ka mea he mea paʻakikī ke huiʻana no kēlā lōʻihi lōʻihi ma hope o kou weheʻana i kou mauʻiʻo i loko o nā wai ola.

• 05 o 07

  Nā Punchbowl (s) o ke Temepela

  ʻEluaʻanoʻano wai o Colorado i kapaʻia ka inoa o ka Devil's Punchbowl, a he mea pono ke hele aku no nā kumu like.

  ʻO ka diabolō muaʻo Punchbowl, kokoke kokoke iā Aspen a me nā Grottos ma Independence Pass, no ka hana hōʻeuʻeu. Maʻaneʻi, eʻikeʻoe i nā wailele i hoʻokaheʻia i loko o ka lua wai hoʻonani i kāhiʻia e nā pali he 20 mau kapuaʻi. Loaʻa (a naʻaupō paha, e pili ana i kāuʻike) nā meaʻauʻauʻauʻau e hele i ka pali-leleʻana iʻaneʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi eʻauʻau ma hope aku i ke kauwela i ka wā e mālie ai ka holoʻana aʻaʻole hoʻi e like me ka uwōʻana o ka muliwaiʻo Roaring Fork.

  ʻO ka lua o nā Punchbowl e pili kokoke ana iā Marble a me Crested Butte, kokoke i kahi kahakai kiʻekiʻe (Shofield Pass). E like me Aspen's punchbowl, e hānaiʻia kēia pūnāwai e ka wailele a hiki iāʻoe ke hele i ka pali-leleʻana iʻaneʻi,ʻoiai (e pili ana pahaʻoe). ʻAʻole hiki ke maʻalahi, hiki ke pilikia ka wai a me ka holoʻana o ka wai. Akā, ua aloha nā poʻe iā ia.

• 06 o 07

  ʻO Hamapa Vapor Nā Hale

  Hiki i ke komo i loko o ka wai ke hoʻomahaʻana. ʻO ke poʻo i ka Glenwood Springs no ka mokuʻo Yampah Vapor, heʻano kūlohelohe, he lepo, he kai kōpili i hoʻololiʻia i loko o ke kōleʻa manawa piha. E hoʻoulu i ka wai'enela nui, me ka wai wela a hoʻohui i kou kīhā me nā meaʻai maʻamau, e like me ka wai lepo lepo, nā pākī, nā palekana a me nā kāpili kino. E hoʻoulu i loko o ke ana i loko o ke ana a hāla i nā pahu ma kaʻalima i hūnāʻia ma loko o nā pōkole pouli.

• 07 o 07

  Nā wahi'ē aʻe no Swim

  Eia kekahi mauʻauʻauʻauʻau nui ma Colorado. E lawe i kāu koho:

  • Water World, Federal Heights (Denver): Aia kēia mau hoʻouka honua he 64-acre i nā paheʻe, nā muliwai lapuwale a me nā poho nalu. Hoʻonaniʻo ia i 49 mau holokoki a me nā kopa.

  • ʻO Wolf Wolf Lodge, Colorado Springs:ʻO ka hōkele mua o ka hale waiʻo Colorado, kūpono no nāʻohana. E noho ma kahi e pāʻani ai, me ka nānāʻole i kaʻilikai.

  • ʻO ka Mokuna Blue Mesa, Curecanti National Recreation Area, kokoke i Montrose a me Gunnison:ʻO ka moku nui loa o Colorado (20 mau mile), piha i nā kahakai (ʻoiai he nui nā pōhaku he pōhaku), kaʻauwai nui, ka hana lawaiʻa maikaʻi a me nāʻike nani. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i ka paila wai maʻaneʻi.

  • ʻO Medano Creek, Mākaʻikaʻi National Dunes nui:ʻO ka hoʻouluʻana ma nā kapa one o Coloradoʻo Medano Creek. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe keʻauʻau maanei, e like me ka holoʻana o ka wai ma kahiʻoi aʻe o kahi'ōlaʻi ma mua o ka piʻiʻana, akā, he oasisua kūikawā ia no ka hale sandcastle a me ka lūlūʻana i ka wai i ke aka o nā mele kiʻekiʻe.

  • Kahiʻo Boulder, Boulder: Ke kolo nei kēia kuahiwi i lalo o ke kahawai a ma o ka pā kula nuiʻo Boulder . E hopu i ka pahu a me ka hopena ma ka wai no ka holoholo ma waena o nā lāʻau a me ke kūlanakauhale. E hele no ka hele wāwae ma ka wai i ka wā e pau aiʻoe.

  • ʻO Paradise Cove, kokoke i Florrisant e pili ana i hoʻokahi hola mai Colorado Springs: E huli i kahi wai hoʻolulu kokoke i Cripple Creek me nā wai hohonu e hānaiʻia e kahi wailele a me nā pali kaha. Inā he kanaka koaʻoe, e kiʻi i kahi lele i loko o ka wai. Ināʻole, he mea kupaianaha ka manaʻo aʻo ka wai mālie ke hoʻomahaʻia i ke kauwela.

  • Kahiʻo Boulder, Pōhaku:ʻO kēia kino wai i hanaʻia e ke kai e hāʻawi maikaʻi i kaʻauʻau a me ka hoʻokele kaʻaʻole, me nāʻike o nā paepae. ʻO nā hanana hoʻolālā e kū mau ana i kēia keena, i hoʻopuniʻia e nā heluna he haneri haneli o kahi ākea, ma kahi ala pōkole mai Boulder.

  • ʻO Big Dominguez Canyon, ma ke kūkulu hema o ka Mokuna Nui: E hauʻoli nā mea aloha o nā wai kū mālie i kēia mau iʻaʻekolu, malu e pili ana i ka muliwaiʻo Gunnison. E pāʻani i kēlā me kēia a hoʻomaha i ka wai i waena o ka hele.

  • ʻO ka punawaiʻo'Eldorado Springs,'Eldorado Springs (kokoke i Boulder):ʻO kēia kahawai kaulana, ma'Eldorado Canyon State Park, he wai hoʻomehana honua e hoʻoulu ai i ka wai'enela a he papa hoʻomehanaʻoluʻolu a me ka paheʻe wai. E koho i kāu paila.

  • ʻO Lost Man Lake, kahi kokoke i Independence Pass (ma o Aspen): Ponoʻoe e holo i ka Lost Man Pass e hele mai maʻaneʻi. E hele i hoʻokahi wai wai, Independence Lake, ae hele mau a hiki i ka holoʻana o kaʻaoʻao. Ma kēlāʻaoʻao o ka mauna, eʻikeʻoe i kēia kai liʻiliʻi, aia ma 12,450 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o kaʻilikai. E hoʻomākaukau i kahi pola plunge.

  • ʻO Park Park Park, Littleton: E hele i kaʻauʻauʻana, kaʻauwaiʻana, ka holoʻana, ka lawaiʻa a me nā mea'ē aʻe ma kēia lake kai kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomoana maanei, e lilo i kahi e hele ai ma kahi mamao aku i nāʻoluʻolu o Denver.

  • ʻO Lake Lake, kokoke i Eagle: Hale ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Fulford a me kaʻimiʻana i nā ala e alakaʻi ai iāʻoe i kēia kahawai alpine, kahi i 11,400 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o kaʻilikai.