US: Colorado Bucket List

I may be a bit biased on this one…because I am a Colorado native! Here’s everything that needs to be added to your Colorado bucket list from a local!

EXPERIENCE

Hike a 14er (a mountain over 14,000 feet)
Go skydiving over the mountains.
Go on the candlelight tour in the Cave of the Winds!
Go sandboarding or sandsledding.
Go to a Rockies Game.
See the Great Sand Dunes National Park and try all of the bucket list activities there.
Drive through Glenwood Canyon.
Go sandboarding.
Go up to Pikes Peak via cog rail.
Drive up Pikes Peak Highway
Climb the Manitou Incline.
Buy some crystals at Manitou Springs.
Explore Glenwood Springs
Hot tub with fresh falling snow in the mountains.
Learn how to snowboard
Go snowboarding/skiing at…
- Keystone
- Breckenridge
- Copper Mountain
- Vail
- Aspen
Hike Hanging Lake.

EAT

Drink a cocktail in a hidden speakeasy in Denver.
Eat pizza at Beau Jo’s in Idaho Springs.
Dine in style at the Melting Pot (my favorite restaurant)
Go order an Aglio and Olio with extra red pepper flakes and a lemon at Cranelli’s (I worked here and this is my favorite dish)
Go eat at Chili’s.
Try Chick-fil-A!

STAY

Relax at the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort.
Take the kids to Great Wolf Lodge.
Enjoy Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs.
Talk to some ghosts at the Stanley Hotel.
Camp in the Great Sand Dunes National Park
Sleep in a cabin in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.
Rent an AirBnB in a ski town for a snow trip!
Splurge on a ski-in/ski-out cabin.

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