COME TO LIFE / 16 Ways to Love Summer q ZIPLINE & AERIAL PARKS Fly through the air with the greatest of ease on a fast and fun zipline through the treetops and over breathtaking can-yons, rushing rivers, wildlife and wide valleys. Many zipliners have added aerial parks, with other options for navigating scenic canyons like swing-ing bridges, catwalks and flying trapezes. A Few Favorite Spots: Epic Sky Trek in Castle Rock Royal Gorge in Cañon City Browns Canyon Adventure Park in Buena Vista Soaring Treetop Adventures in Durango Colorado Adventure Center in Glenwood Springs and Idaho Springs Steam-boat Zipline Adventures Many ski resorts, including Vail, Breckenridge, Cop-per Mountain, Keystone, Purgatory in Durango and Snowmass (coming summer 2018) More: COLORADO.com/ Ziplines e e STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDING Stand-up paddleboarding has water lovers standing on surf boards with a long paddle on rivers and lakes around Colorado. SUP tour companies will get you the gear you need and set you to paddlin’. A Few Favorite Spots: Lake Dillon Union Reservoir in Longmont Chatfield State Park in Littleton Prospect Lake in Colorado Springs Boulder Reservoir Colorado River near Palisade Trout Creek Reservoir near Buena Vista Keystone Lake More: COLORADO.com/SUP w 4X4, ATV & JEEP TOURS Let an experi-enced guide take you over hill and dale — and boulder and stream — to see ghost towns or the view from the top of the Continental Divide. Tour companies can provide trails and excursions for all levels of ability. Compa-nies offer guided tours or self-guided rentals for your own high-adrenaline off-roading or a scenic Sunday drive. A Few Favorite Spots: Lizard Head Pass near Telluride Grand Mesa Trails near Grand Junction Red Feather Lakes west of Fort Collins Hardscrabble near Eagle and Vail Wagon Wheel trail system in Meeker Bachelor Loop Historic Tour near Creede Summitville Ghost Town in Del Norte More: COLORADO.com/ AdventureSports r 14 MOTORCYCLE TOURING Tour any of Colo-rado’s designated scenic highways and byways from the back of a hog, feeling the wind in your hair and the sun on your face. Colorado boasts 26 different scenic drives in all corners of the state, high-lighting some of the most breathtaking scenery imaginable. Taking it all in on two wheels could be the adventure of a life-time. See page 70. More: COLORADO.com/ MotorcycleTours r MOUNTAIN & ROAD BIKING That earthy scent of pine needles warming in the sun is best absorbed while twisting along on two wheels. Communities such as Fruita and Crested Butte come together over a love of singletrack while hard-core riders reunite to crank out 60-mile sections of highway in annual high-altitude road-biking races. Find your path and join the Colorado way of life. See page 72. 34 / COLORADO.COM
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