GET ORIENTED Page 48 State Parks, National Parks & Monuments & More Page 80 Getting Here & Around Page 80A State Map Page 82 Travel Tools Pages 83–84 Translating Colorado Page 100 Area Itineraries Map Pages 215–216 Indexes on the cover COLORADO 2017 OFFICIAL ST A TE VA C A TION GUIDE Colorado.com 5 WAYS TO WATCH WILDLIFE 10 SCENIC & HISTORIC RAILROADS 30 HOT SPRINGS FOR SERIOUS SOAKS 12 MAGIC MOMENTS ON PUBLIC LANDS COLORADO 2017 OFFICIAL ST A TE VA C A TION GUIDE Colorado.com 44 ITINERARIES TO BUILD YOUR TRIP 26 SCENIC & HISTORIC BYWAYS 30 HOT SPRINGS FOR SERIOUS SOAKS 12 MAGIC MOMENTS ON OUR PUBLIC LANDS 2017 COLORADO OFFICIAL STATE VACATION GUIDE COLORADO.COM 2017 COLORADO OFFICIAL STATE VACATION GUIDE AMERICA’S BEST SKIING Discover All the Ways to Live the Winter Season to Its Fullest ® & BEYOND Best Rivers for Whitewater Rafting Top Ideas for Finding Colorado’s Roots AMERICA’S BEST SKIING ® & BEYOND Discover All the Ways to Live the Winter Season to Its Fullest COLORADO.COM SCAN THIS PAGE Scan this page to watch a video. Download the free Layar app. See full instructions on pg. 4. Best Rivers for Whitewater Rafting Top Ideas for Finding Colorado’s Roots SCAN THIS PAGE Scan this page to watch a video. Download the free Layar app. See full instructions on pg. 4. LEAVE NO TRACE There are special places and unique vistas around nearly every Colorado corner. You can help ensure these places exist for generations to come by staying on roads and trails, keeping speeds in check, leaving campsites and picnic spots just as you found them, and following instructional signs while you’re out and about in our state and national parks and other natural attractions. For more on the Leave No Trace movement, visit lnt.org. To find volunteer opportunities in areas you plan to visit, download the YourCo app. Summer : Steamboat Springs shows the camera some of its best angles in the summer. Learn more about things to see and do in the area on page 132. Winter : As this family at Winter Park Resort knows, America’s Best Skiing ® means winter in Colorado goes far beyond skiing. See page 152 to learn about all the ways families can get a winter rush. PHOTOS BY Tim Kemple (summer); Andrew Maguire (winter).