GET ORIENTED Page 12 Travel Tools Page 13 Getting Here & Around, Welcome Centers, Weather, Get the Gear & More Page 16A State Map Page 17 Translating Colorado Page 41 State Parks, National Parks & Monuments & More Page 71 Scenic Byways Map Page 88 Area Itineraries Map Pages 207–208 Indexes on the covers 46 ITINERARIES TO BUILD YOUR TRIP AROUND 9 SCENIC & HISTORIC RAILROADS 30 HOT SPRINGS FOR SERIOUS SOAKS 17 MAGIC MOMENTS ON PUBLIC LANDS COLORADO 2018 OFFICIAL STATE VACATION GUIDE Colorado.com AMERICA’S BEST SKIING ® & BEYOND Discover All the Ways to Live the Winter Season to Its Fullest Best Rivers for Whitewater Rafting Top Ideas for Finding Colorado’s Roots Summer : Stand-up paddleboarding on Haviland Lake between Durango and Silverton. ©Jeff Martin Winter : Backcountry skiing in the 10th Mountain Division Hut System near Leadville. ©Jason J. Hatfield You Belong in Colorado : Photos by fans of Facebook. com/VisitColorado. Learn more at Colorado.com/ GuideCover. 46 ITINERARIES TO BUILD YOUR TRIP AROUND 26 SCENIC & HISTORIC BYWAYS 30 HOT SPRINGS FOR SERIOUS SOAKS 17 MAGIC MOMENTS ON OUR PUBLIC LANDS 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 informational 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. COLORADO 2018 OFFICIAL STATE VACATION GUIDE Colorado.com 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 YOU BELONG IN COLORADO Colorado.com