COME TO LIFE | Salida, Buena Vista Collegiate Peaks Play in the Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort Morning Make the easy trek to central Colorado for a getaway in the Arkansas River-side mountain towns of Salida and Buena Vista. Hot springs, dramatic peaks and unbeatable recreation await. Travel along the Collegiate Peaks scenic byway, a 57-mile route along the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and the Sawatch Range from Salida north to Buena Vista and beyond. This stretch contains the nation’s greatest concentration of peaks higher than 14,000 feet — “fourteeners,” in local parlance. Next, visit an aerial adventure park: With swinging bridges, tightrope walks, ziplines, via ferratas and other soaring-through-the-pines challenges, Captain Zipline, Browns Canyon Adventure Park and AVA Rafting & Zipline all deliver adventure with a side of stunning scenery and deep breaths of crisp mountain air. Buena Vista is a popular access point for rafting, kayaking, fishing, hiking and backpacking adventures along the Arkansas River, including Browns Canyon National Monument, 102 miles of Gold Medal fishing and the Buena Vista Whitewater Park. Rafting outfitters offer half-to multiday trips. Give it a go at one of the area’s signature sports: mountain biking. Rent or BYO-bike and hit the dirt on top-notch trails, like the Monarch Crest, Alpine Tunnel and Salida Mountain Trails or the downtown Buena Vista Pumptrack. Stop into the Buena Vista & Salida Chamber of Commerce to pick up a map of all the area’s recreational opportunities. 116 1-800-COLORADO CHAFFEE COUNTY/HAJI MAHMOOD.
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