COME TO LIFE | Fall Color Want More? U-PICK FARMS & CORN MAZES When harvest season arrives, Colorado’s farms swing open their gates for fall fun in the fields. Load up the whole family for wallet-friendly learnin’, pickin’ and eatin’ — all the while supporting local growers and businesses. FIND MORE WAYS TO CELEBRATE FALL IN COLORADO. A few to consider: • • • • • • • • • • Happy Apple Farm in Penrose Berry Patch Farms in Brighton Fritzler Farm Park near Greeley Miller Farms in Platteville Anderson Farms in Erie Colon Orchards in Cañon City Fruit Basket Orchards in Grand Junction Weathers Family Farms in Yuma Mesa Verde Farm & Ranch Tours in Cortez May Farms in Byers ROARING FORK VALLEY GUANELLA PASS: Take this route south out of Georgetown. Turn right on U.S. 285 to the top of Kenosha Pass, where aspens thrive on the rim of gentle slopes that encircle South Park. HIGHWAY OF LEGENDS: The route from La Veta to Trinidad on CO 12 begs to be photographed as it wraps around the Spanish Peaks amid tracts of pine, scrub oak and aspen. Consider a trail for the day or book a vacation at a Colorado dude ranch. OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES (OHV): Travel deep into aspen-covered backcountry while riding a four-wheeler, ATV or 4x4 vehicle. Find yourself surrounded by speckled aspen bark, as a golden canopy of color rises above you. POUDRE CANYON: Take CO 14 west of Fort Collins to the top of Cameron Pass, a low forested saddle between the Rawah Wilderness and Rocky Mountain National Park. Views stretch down into the North Park basin near Walden. Take a Ride Get out of the car to see our oranges, yellows and reds up close. BALLOONING: Hundreds of feet up in the crisp Colorado air, the colors unfold below in a seemingly unending canvas of yellow and gold. GO FOR THE GONDOLA: Many of Colorado’s 28 ski resorts (see page 16) offer scenic chairlift rides throughout summer and fall. Hop on, relax and survey the colorful trail-carved mountainsides as you glide to the summit. FRONTIER PATHWAYS: Head west out of Pueblo on CO 96. The route climbs into the Wet Mountain Valley, passing aspens blazing with color along the way. HORSEBACK RIDING: Somehow, aspen viewing is a different experience when sitting astride a saddle. FRITZLER FARM PARK 28 1-800-COLORADO FROM LEFT: FRITZLER FARM PARK; ANDREA SHAVER.
Colorado Official State Vacation Guide 2022: Page 28
