COME TO LIFE / Planning GETTING HERE & GETTING AROUND AIRPORTS Colorado is well connected with the rest of the U.S. and major international destinations. DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT is the nation’s sixth busiest airport and situated in the middle of the country, a great jumping-off point for visiting other areas with nonstop service from more than 190 domestic and international destinations, including London (Gatwick and Heathrow), Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Winnepeg. Access to mountain resorts and other destina-tions is easy with shuttle services and buses, and the airport can be reached from downtown Denver via the new Train to the Plane — RTD’s A Line commuter rail. OTHER AIRPORTS AROUND THE STATE INCLUDE: Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (serves Aspen, Snowmass, Leadville and Glenwood Springs) Colorado Springs Airport Cortez Municipal Airport (serves Cortez, Dolores and Mesa Verde National Park) Durango/La Plata County Airport (serves Durango, Cortez, Silverton and Pagosa Springs) Eagle County Regional Airport (serves Vail, Beaver Creek and Glenwood Springs) Grand Junction Regional Airport (the largest on the state’s western side) Gunnison-Crested Butte Airport Montrose Regional Airport (serves Montrose, Ouray, Ridgway, Telluride and Delta) Pueblo Memorial Airport (serves Pueblo, Cañon City, La Junta and Walsenburg) Telluride Regional Airport Yampa Valley Regional Airport (serves Steamboat Springs and Craig) See page 8 for a map of these cities and airports. Colorado is the eighth-largest state in the U.S., measuring 611 km east to west and 450 km north to south. That’s nearly 275,000 sq. km! Luckily, with a strong network of airports, highways, buses, shuttles and trains, travelling to and around the state is a breeze. and snowboarders from Denver’s Union Station right to the base area of Winter Park Resort, January through March. TRAVEL BY BUS & LIGHT RAIL Several options exist for travel between Colora-do’s cities. RTD, Denver’s public transportation network, is easy and inexpensive, and you can get pretty much anywhere in Denver and the surrounding area by light rail or bus. Visit COLORADO.com/GettingAround for a list of other transit systems that connect our cities and towns. RENTAL CARS & RIDE/BIKE SHARING Rental cars can be picked up at all airports. Although not required, drivers are advised to get an international driving permit before the trip. For road conditions, visit cotrip.org (or call 511 when in Colorado). All signs will reference miles instead of kilometres. 1 mile = 1.6 km. Ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft are popular throughout the state, and several cities, in-cluding Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort Collins, Golden, Avon, Aspen, Buena Vista and Aurora, feature popular bike-sharing options for getting to and fro. TRAVEL BY TRAIN In addition to historic and scenic railroads (see page 31), Colorado offers modern and convenient train travel options. Amtrak’s California Zephyr line makes the trip from Chicago to Emeryville, California. On its way, it makes a stop in Denver and passes through Fort Morgan, Fraser, Granby, Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction. The Southwest Chief goes from Chicago to Los Angeles, with Colorado stops in Lamar, La Junta and Trinidad. The wildly popular Winter Park Express ski train ferries skiers BURLINGTON GLENWOOD DURANGO ALAMOSA BURLINGTON COLO. SPRINGS DENVER DURANGO FORT COLLINS GLENWOOD GRAND JCT. JULESBURG LAMAR PUEBLO STERLING TRINIDAD – 476 262 341 240 441 328 401 632 325 196 539 175 476 – 241 262 716 360 521 663 198 172 307 227 381 262 241 – 113 486 212 319 462 386 256 68 293 204 341 262 113 – 534 105 256 399 293 327 180 201 317 240 716 486 534 – 634 372 272 824 565 436 731 417 441 360 212 105 634 – 354 496 261 425 280 164 417 328 521 319 256 372 354 – 143 546 555 365 451 455 401 663 462 399 272 496 143 – 687 652 462 610 538 632 198 386 293 824 261 546 687 – 370 451 95 541 325 172 256 327 565 425 555 652 370 – 192 360 219 196 307 68 180 436 280 365 462 451 192 – 356 138 539 227 293 201 731 164 451 610 95 360 356 – 446 175 381 204 317 417 417 455 538 541 219 138 446 – To view this chart in miles, visit COLORADO.com/Distance. 4 / COLORADO.COM TRINIDAD JULESBUR STERLING DENVER GRAND PUEBLO LAMAR COLO. FOR AL DRIVE DISTANCES IN KILOMETRES SPRINGS T COLLINS JCT . G AMOSA
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