6 Nā wahi e pani ai i kāu Keʻena mai Denver a Durango

Mai kahi puʻu a hiki i kahi wela, aia maʻaneʻi e holo ai

ʻIkeʻoe i ka heleʻana o ka'ōlelo:ʻAʻole ia kahi e hele ai,ʻo ia ka hele.

Inā e hoʻolālā anaʻoe e holo i Durango ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Colorado, na kou GPS e alakaʻi iāʻoe i loko o nā kauhale kaulana o nā mea kanu, nā mākaʻikaʻi nani e kū ana a me nā kumu wela kūikawā e like me ka hanaʻana. kou ala. (No ka mea i hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻoleʻia, ua nui ka hiʻona lepo sulfur).

Ma mua o kou kahahaʻana i nāʻanuʻu Anasazi ma Mesa Verde National Park, e hoʻokuʻu i nā pali ma Purgatory Resort a iʻole e hoʻi hou ana i ka waoʻo San Juan,ʻo ia nā wahi kūpono e hoʻokau i ke alanui i Durango, a e kōkua iāʻoe e hōʻoki huakaʻi hele. He meaʻuʻuku kēlā mea kēia mea, mai nā'āpana o nā'āpana'āpana i nā'āpana beer i nā mauna o Colorado a hiki i nā mea kupaianaha geothermal.

E hele i mua, e hoʻopau aʻe i ke kaʻa 'ana 6-hola a hoʻololi iā ia i kahi helehelena alanui maʻamau.

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  Kuhi 1: E kiʻi i kahiʻai a me kaʻu no ke gula ma Golden

  Ma mua o kou pāʻana i ke alanui, ua hōʻiliʻiliʻoe,ʻo ia? ʻOiai he 20 mau minukeʻo Golden mai ke kūlanakauhale aku, aia ia ma ke kumu o nā kuahiwi, i hoʻopuniʻia ma ke awāwaʻo Clear Creek, a kau pono iāʻoe no ka piʻiʻana i uka. (Hoʻonui, he manawa kūpono kēia e hoʻokuʻu ai i ke kālepa ma luna o 70 me kekahi ma mua o kou heleʻana).

  Inā lokahi ka lewa, noi i kahi kahi ma ka patio ma Bridgewater Grill. Aia ma laila, hiki iāʻoe ke hele me kaʻoliʻoli me nāʻale a me kaʻono me ka'ōhinu beeh. (A iʻole, e hoʻonohonoho i kaʻaina kakahiaka nuiʻo Colorado:ʻAlaʻAmelika breakfast burrito i'ōpūʻia me nā'ōmaʻomaʻo, nā chorizo, nā hua i kāwiliʻia, ka lihi, a me ka momona me ka inoa o ka pua puaʻa maka pua). Mai ka patio o ka haleʻaina, hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i nā hoe kayak ma kahi papa i kūkuluʻia i loko o ka wai. ʻOiai e kali anaʻoe i kāu meaʻai, e lawe aku i kāu mau keiki i lalo o Clear Creek a me ka pā no ke gula. (ʻO ia,ʻo ka poʻe i noho mua i ka wāʻo Gold Rush ua waiwai lākou ma kēia kahawai, no laila, he mea pono ka pana!)

  Inā ua loaʻa iāʻoe ka manawa, e hele i ke Kulanuiʻo Mines o ke Kulaʻo Mines kahi hiki iāʻoe ke kipa i ke Keʻenaʻo Geology Museum. Ua kūkuluʻia ma mua o 60,000 mau pōhaku, nā pōhaku a me nā alumina, a me kekahi o kēlā gula kaulanaʻo Colorado.

  Wahi āpau: Ma kahi o 12 mile ma waena o Denver a me Golden

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  Kuʻe 2: Pāʻani ma Frisco

  E hāpai a pāʻani ma mua o ka loaʻaʻana o kāu manawa i kāu mau keiki e nīnau ai "ʻO wau nō hoʻi ma laila, akā?" Ma kahi o Breckenridge wale nō, he wahi maikaʻi nā wahi o ka'āinaʻo Frisco. No nāʻanoʻoihana, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻololi i ka 2,3-digit i hoʻoheheʻeʻia i loko o kahi hana hana e kiʻi aiʻoe i ka home. A iʻole, e hoʻoluliluli i kou mau wāwae a pāʻani ma ke kahuaʻo Frisco Adventure, kahi 1,200 kapua wāwae hulu kiona a me kahiʻoihana e lawe ai iāʻoe a me kāu mau puʻupuʻu nui i ka puʻu. I nā mahina hoʻolālā, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i nā waʻa, nā kayaka, a me nā hoe paddleboards a loaʻa kahi hana iki ma ka Frisco Marina ma mua o kou piʻiʻana i loko o ka kaʻa.

  Wahi ka mamao: Ma kahi o 65 mau mile ma waena o Denver a me Frisco. Akā, ināʻoe e holo kaʻa ana i ka hopena pule, mai hoʻokaʻakaʻoʻoe i ka hopena o ka hana a I-70!

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  Kāohi 2: Kāki no ka pia ma Buena Vista

  No ka poʻe kama'āina, Buena Vista kahi kahua kahua nui e hele ai i ka holo ma ka muliwaiʻo Arkansas, a nui kouʻike i nā kuahiwi mai kēlāʻaoʻao. Akā ināʻoe e hoʻomaha wale nei,ʻo Eddyline Brewery kahi kū kūpono no kahi pahu pia. ʻAe, hiki i!

  Hiki iā ia ke hana i ka hoʻihoʻi mai ma ka nānāʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona nui o Colorado. Nā kumu? Loaʻa ka hopena iki o nā'ōpili liʻiliʻi i ka'ōlohelohe no ka hoʻohanaʻiaʻana o 75 pakeneka o ka alumina a pau. Hiki i nā mea kālepa ke makemake i ka mea hiki ke hana no ka hanaʻoi aku ma mua i ka mālamaʻana i ka māmā a me ka oxygen ma waho o nā pēmole. Ma luna o nā mea a pau, hiki i ka pia ke maʻalahi i kāu kīʻaha i hiki iāʻoe ke hāmama i ka wā e hiki aiʻoe i kahi piko a iʻoleʻoe e paʻi i kāu kayak ma nā kahawai.

  He nui kaʻoihana o ka mauna mauna,ʻo ia hoʻi, me kahi papa waho a me kahi papa hana no ka hoʻolauleʻaʻana i nā'ahamele. Ma kekahi lā i hāʻawiʻia ai, hiki iāʻoe ke hāʻule ma luna o ka beera nā hui like a me nā'ahamele ma loko o ka pāʻai beer brewery.

  Loaʻa ka mamao: Ma kahi o 65 mau mile ma waena o Frisco a me Buena Vista.

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  Kāohi 3: Paʻi i kekahi mau kiʻi i Ouray

  E manaʻoʻiʻo iā mākou, he kūpono ia i kaʻala.

  Ua kapaʻiaʻo'Ourayʻo "Switzerland of America," mahalo i nā awāwa i hoʻopihaʻia i ka pua, he mea hōʻailona kiʻi nui. ʻO nā lei mele maikaʻi i Mouse's Chocolate & Coffee he Euro-touch maikaʻi. Eia naʻe,ʻo kēia'aleʻa mauna he mokupuniʻo Colorado.

  Inā ua loaʻa iāʻoe ka manawa, pono ke nānā i kekahi o ka moe a me nā hīmeni a hoʻololi i kēia ala i kahi hoʻomaha o ka pō. Hiki keʻoliʻoli nāʻano kipa i ka piʻiʻana o ka hau i'Ouray Ice Park. I nā mahina māmā, hiki i nā luina ke lele lele ma kahi o nā kahawai e pili kokoke ana i'Ouray. Aia i waena o lākou? ʻO ka muliwaiʻo Cimarron, i piha i ke anuenue a me kaʻoki o ke kīpoki, akā, ua kau palenaʻia i ka lehulehu. Aia kahi wahi kūpono kahi kokoke i ka confluence o ka muliwaiʻo Gunnison. ʻAʻole pilikia ka mokuʻo San Miguel ma kēia māhele, a hiki ke lawaiʻa i ka lawaiʻa a me ka lele, akāʻo ka manawa maikaʻi e hoʻolei i kāu laina i ke kauwela.

  I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kūkuluʻia nā kūlanakauhale kūmoho wela o Colorado i kahi papa hana kūikawā no nā mea mākaʻikaʻi eʻimi ai i nā mea kupanaha geothermal. Ma nā mea a pau, he 5 mau kipa ma kaʻaoʻao Komohana o ka moku'āina, e like me'Ouray. Akā, pehea ka mea e kū aiʻo Ouray i ko lākou mau wela wela me he meaʻole.

  Wahiʻia kahi mamao: About 185 mile ma waena o Buena Vista a me Ouray

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  Hopena 4: E holo i ka holo kaʻa ma Silverton

  Ke waihoʻia nei kēia kauhale mīkini kahiko ma waena o Red Mountain a me Molas,ʻelua o San Juan Mounta. He hana leʻaleʻa no kaʻohana a pau? Hop ma kahiʻoihana kaulana, e hoʻokuʻiʻia ana e nā mea hoʻokele me ka poʻe minia, nā kauā a me nā poʻe i hele mai i ka Wild West ma mua o 100 mau makahiki i hala. ʻO ke ala kaʻahele e pili ana iā Silverton a me Durango, a hiki iāʻoe ke kākau i kahi noho ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa, i kapaʻiaʻo "lālā pelekikena," kahi paepae ma luna o ka papa mua.

  Loaʻa ka mamao: Ma kahi o 25 mau mile ma waena o Ouray a me Silverton.

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  Kānana 5: E hoʻokuʻu i ka pā Pagosa Hot Springs

  Ua kokokeʻoe ma laila! Akā,ʻo ka holoʻana a Pagosa Hot Springs (aiʻole kahi hele ahiahi i ka nohoʻana ma Durango) pono ia. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike pono i kēia manawa,ʻo kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale mauna he mea pono'ī kona. Pahosa Springs kahi kokoke i 15 mau minuke ma ka hikina o Durango. Ma laila, hiki iāʻoe ke komo i loko o ka punawai wela nui o geothermal, i hoʻonuiʻia i 1,002 kapuaʻi hohonu, kahi e hānai ai i ka waiʻaila me 23 mauʻauwai i The Springs Resort & Spa e kū kokoke ana i ka muliwaiʻo San Juan. ʻO ka waikau e huki i kekahi?

  Wahi i ka uhiʻia: Aia he 120 mau mile ma waena o Silverton a me Pagosa Springs. Aiaʻoe i kahi 20 mile mai Durango mai, i kēia manawa.