The major attraction for isitors in the Dener area is Rocky Mountain National Park to the northwest. Though on the map the distances inoled may not look that great, it would be a mistake to attempt to see the whole park on a day-trip from Dener. Segments of the loop drive along the way can be ery slow and laborious, and in a single day it's more realistic just to dip a few miles into the park's eastern fringes.

The liely foothill town of Boulder can be used as a base, though the smaller mountain towns give you more time in the wilds: Grand Lake, near the western entrance, makes a more attractie stopover than overblown Estes Park on the east, while Winter Park is an affordable, enjoyable ski resort.

Further west, midway across the state on either side of the I-70 freeway, you'll find the famous Rocky Mountain ski resorts of ail, Aspen and the rest, and the eocatie mining town of Leadille . Continuing towards the Utah border, the landscape dips and rises in a patchwork of granite peaks, raging rivers and red-sandstone canyons, winding up at Grand Junction and the memorable scenery of Colorado National Monument and Dinosaur National Monument.

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