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.
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Ke alanui Trail Ridge
Ke alanui Trail Ridge. Andrew Peacock / Getty Images He alanui kaulanaʻo Trail Ridge Road 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.
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ʻO nā kiʻekiʻe o nā Rockies
ʻO Leadville ka kūlanakauhale kiʻekiʻe loa i hoʻokumuʻia aʻo kaʻelua o kaʻoihana i hoʻohuiʻia i ka United States. Pawel Toczynski / Getty Images, 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.
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Mesa Mesa
Ka pō ma luna o Mesa nui. BE Butler / Getty Images 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 ua paniʻia ka nānāʻana i ka wā hoʻomaha, e laweʻo Grand Mesa iāʻoe i kahi puna ski skip , Powderhorn, e'ōlelo nei he mau momona maikaʻi loa o Colorado, nā holoholowai maoli, a me nā laina liʻiliʻi.
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Mount Evans
ʻO ka maunaʻo Evans ke alaloa. Kāne Lau / Getty Images ʻOiaiʻo Trail Ridge e kaena i ke kiʻekiʻe loa, heleʻia ma ke alahele o ka'āina,ʻo ka mauna Evans ma ke alahele o ke ala kiʻekiʻe loa maʻAmelika Hema, e paʻi ana i 14,262 kapuaʻi ma ka piko o Mount Evans.
No laila, ināʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke piʻi pono i ka "heʻumikumamāhā" (ʻo ia kekahi mauna iʻoi aku i ka 14,000 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka moana), hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka nānā mai kahi luna mai, me ka wāʻole e uha i ka wela. (Pono, ke manaʻo neiʻo kēia mau alanui e hoʻoluliluliʻole ai e hoʻoluliluli iāʻoe i ka makaʻu. E hoʻomākaukauʻoe iāʻoe iho no kaʻikeʻole i nā kapi me nā kiaʻiʻole.) No kaʻike,ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kēia ala ma mua o nā kapuaʻi kapuaʻi.
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.