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Colorado Travel Guide

Colorado is known for its famous Rocky Mountains and is a year-round destination that boasts spectacular national parks, forests, gold-rush ghost towns and Native American ruins. The state has an impressive count of 54 mountains over 4,267m (14,000ft).

The capital, Denver, is the gateway to numerous ski resorts and is home to many museums, parks, gardens and a restored Victorian square. Located at 1,609m (5,280ft) above sea level, on high rolling plains at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Denver is known as the Mile High City and is the largest city within a 1,000km (625-mile) radius. Founded as a gold-mining camp in 1859, Denver was the centre of the Old West, filled with wagon trains, cowboys, Native Americans, gamblers and gunfighters.

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Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain

Copper Mountain is located in the Colorado Rockies of Western North America, west of Denver in...

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Main Street, Breckenridge
Breckenridge

Breckenridge is located two hours west of Denver in the Colorado Rockies.

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Valley in Aspen
Aspen

Aspen is located in the western Colorado Rocky Mountains of the USA.

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Stunning view of Steamboat ski resort in Colorado
Steamboat

Steamboat is located to the northwest of Denver in the state of Colorado in the USA, within the...

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