E kiʻi i ka nānā maikaʻi loa ma Colorado mai kāu kaʻa
Ināʻoe eʻimi ana i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa ma Colorado, ma kēia mau kumu,ʻaʻoleʻoe e hele i waho o kāu kaʻa.
Aia ka mokupuni o Colorado i 26 mau hiʻohiʻona likeʻole a me nā alanui o ka mōʻaukala, e pākī ana i nā kūlanakauhale mauna, ma ke alapiʻi, i lalo i nā awāwa a me nā kahuaʻikepili.
ʻO kaʻumikumamākahi o nā ala āpau, ua kapaʻiaʻo ia ma keʻano o ke alanui Byways, ma mua aʻe o nā kūlana'ē aʻe o ka'āina. He māhele kaʻawale kēia o 150 mau alanui ma'ō aku o ka'āina.
Eia kekahi,ʻeluaʻaoʻao o Colorado i manaʻoʻia he mau Alanui'ApauʻAmelika. Heʻumi mau alanui'Āpana'Āina. ʻEluaʻo Backcountry Byways, i hanaʻia e ka Office of Land Management.
ʻO keʻano o kēiaʻano, uaʻikeʻia nā alanuiʻaoʻao o Colorado ma nāʻano he nui a me kekahi mau ala nui loa i ka'āina.
Ma waho aʻe o nā ala nui no nā huakaʻi hele, hiki i kēia mau alanui ke kōkua i ka mālamaʻana i ka moʻolelo o Hawaiʻi, ka moʻomeheu a me ka honua.
I kēia mahina, hoʻomanaʻo ka lāhui i ka 25 makahiki o ka National Scenic Byways Program.
I ka mahaloʻia o ka hana, eia kekahi o kā mākou mau punahele punahele a me nā helehelena nani loa ma Colorado, ma ke kauohaʻole.
1. Alanui Ridge Trail
He wahi kaulanaʻo Trail Ridge i nā mahina māmā e lawe iāʻoe i kahi lōʻihi,ʻoi aku ma mua o Estes Park a me ka hohonu i ka Rocky Mountain National Park, ma luna o ka palena, kahi kiʻekiʻe loa no ka nui e ulu aʻe ma mua o ka tundra.
He kaulanaʻo Trail Ridge no ka liloʻana o ke alanui kiʻekiʻe loa oʻAmelika Hema.
E lawe iāʻoe i ka halaʻana o ka Continental Divide (kahi must-see ma Colorado,ʻo ia ka māhele i ka'āina kahi e holo ai ka wai i nāʻaoʻao'ē aʻe, e like me ka hoʻokipa o kahi poʻo poʻo) a hoʻohui iāʻoe i ke ala a hiki i Grand Lake, kekahi kūlanakauhale'ē aʻe e pono ai e noho i kekahi mau pō i loko.
He wahi hoʻolālāʻo Trail Ridge aʻo kekahi o nā wahi nui loa i ka moku'āina.
He lālā hoʻiʻo ia o ka National Register of Places Historics.
E aʻo hou e pili ana i ka hoʻolālāʻana i kahi huakaʻi hele ma ke alanui Trail Ridge. Maiʻikeʻoe i ka alakaʻiʻana o ko mākou alakaʻi i kahi ala liʻiliʻi e hiki ai i ka hoʻokūkū i kēia wā kaulana.
2. Ka piko o nā Pōhaku
Ināʻoe e piʻi ana ma nā kuahiwi e kipa ana i nā kauhale kaulana o Vail a me Beaver Creek, e hāʻawi aku i ka Top of the Rockies ma kahi o ka lua. ʻO nā alanui kiʻekiʻe loa o kēia moku,ʻo Mount Elbert a me Mount Massive,ʻoiaiʻoe e hoʻokele i waena o ke kiʻekiʻe, nā kūlanakauhale mauna o Leadville (ke kūlanakauhale kiʻekiʻe loa i ka'āina, 10,521 kapuaʻi), Minturn, Twin Lakes a me ke kūlanakauhale ski, Copper Mountain.
Eʻike i nā hale hana moiau, nā loko o nā mauna, nā hale kūʻai, a me ka hoʻolālāʻana i ka ea hou ma nā kūlana haʻahaʻa, haʻahaʻa, a me nā kauhale liʻiliʻi e kū nei i nā kūlanakauhale laulā ma nā wahi waiwai.
Bonus: E hele pūʻoe i ka Continental Maheleʻekolu manawa.
3. Mesa nui
Ma ke alanuiʻo Trail Ridge e lawe iāʻoe i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa ma ke alanui ma ka'āina aʻo Top of the Rockies e lawe iāʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale kiʻekiʻe loa i ka'āina, e hoʻokipaʻo Grand Mesa iāʻoe ma luna o ke kuahiwi nui loa o ka honua,ʻo ka Land's End View - 6,000 kapuaʻi ma luna ke awāwa.
ʻO kēia kahiʻaoʻao o Colorado eʻikeʻole i ka poʻe malihini he nui.
Ma lalo o ka hema, ma waena o I-70 a me Cedaredge, hele ka Mesa Mesa ma waena o nā ululāʻau kahiko, nā mahinaʻai, nā ākea a me nā kahawai 300-nui.
ʻOiai e paniʻia ka nānāʻana i ka wā hoʻomaha, e laweʻo Mes Mes iāʻoe i kahi punae ski skip, Powderhorn, e'ōlelo ana he mau momona maikaʻi loa o Colorado, nā holoholo kūlohelohe a me nā laina liʻiliʻi.
4. Mount Evans
ʻOiaiʻo Trail Ridge e kaena i ke kiʻekiʻe loa, heleʻia ma ke alahele ma ka'āina,ʻo Mount Evans ke alahele kiʻekiʻe loa maʻAmelika Hema, me ka paʻi i nā 14,262 kapuaʻi ma ka piko o Mount Evans.
No laila, ināʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke piʻi pololei i kahi "ʻehā" (ʻo ia ke kuahiwi eʻoi aku i ka 14,000 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka moana), hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka nānā mai kahi mea'ē aʻe, me ka wāʻole e uha i ka wela. (Pono,ʻo ia ke manaʻo neiʻaʻole e liloʻoe i mau kapa ma keʻano makaʻu.
E hoʻomākaukau iāʻoe iho no nā'ōpili'ōpiliʻole me nā papa kiaʻi.) No ka nānāʻana,ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kēia ala ma mua o nā kapuaʻi kapua.
Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā loko mauna, nā lāʻau kahiko a me ka hiki keʻike i nā hipa hānai.
Ke hoʻomaka nei kēia alahele nani ma Idaho Springs, he mauna mauna ma ke komohana o Denver aʻaʻole loa i mamao aku i kaʻeke casino o Blackhawk a me Colorado.