COME TO LIFE / A Grand Time in Grand County: Winter Park, Grand Lake, Granby & More T WINTER FUN Winter Park Resort’s deep snow, incredibly diverse terrain and the Winter Park Express Amtrak route from Denver right to the slopes make it a favorite skiing and snowboarding destination (and now fat-biking!) with beginners and experts alike. Nearby, the smaller Ski Granby Ranch is known as a long-time family favorite. All the Grand County towns pack in plenty of fun beyond the slopes, with groomed trails for snowshoers and cross-country skiers, six area snow-tubing hills, sleigh and dogsled rides, as well as snowmobiling routes with epic Continental Divide views. In Grand Lake you can even ride your snowmobile through town and right up to your favorite Grand Avenue lunch spot. DAY 2 As the Colorado River carves its way from the Continental Divide on its journey to the Pacific Ocean, it treats Grand County visitors to some of the best rafting around. Jagged red canyons and green valleys provide stunning backdrops for mellow floats, perfect for families. Outfitters can be found throughout the county. The sleepy mountain town of Granby offers Western hospitality, an idyllic main street of restaurants and antique shops and easy access to the area’s outdoor pursuits, including boating and fishing on Lake Granby (3) . Expect nothing but the best at the many dude ranch resorts that dot Grand County. Proprietors roll out the country hospitality to those seeking an authentic Old West ex-perience, offering activities like horseback riding, hiking and square dancing, and the not-so-cowboy tennis, yoga and volleyball. Some even have luxurious spas and miles of trails and fishing. SIDETRIPS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: FRASER, CATHY EDWARDS; NEAR KREMMLING, ETHAN WELTY; LAKE GRANBY, BETH SCHNEIDER; WINTER PARK RESORT, MILES/DENISE CHAMBERS. Retreat to Hot Sulphur Springs and do what visitors have done since the time of the Ute Indians: Soak in the area’s mineral-rich pools. Volcanic rock 35,000 feet below the earth’s surface heats the water that fills the pools at the town’s namesake resort and spa. Fraser is another ideally situated home base for exploring the area’s outdoors (and is perhaps best known for its epic lift-served snowtubing hill in winter). And Kremmling is a sportsman’s paradise amid some of the state’s best fishing waters and elk-hunting grounds, as well as miles and miles of ATV and OHV trails. 3 STAY & PLAY OPTIONS Fraser (page 204), Granby (page 205), Grand Lake (page 206) Hot Sulphur Springs (page 207), Kremmling (page 207), Tabernash , Winter Park (page 214) 158 / COLORADO.COM
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