Colorado Official State Vacation Guide 2008 - (Page 152) 25 Hot Ideas for the Southwest 25 Hot Ideas for visiting Southwest Colorado MORE ONLINE! For a full list of 50 things to see and # Descend one of dozens of trails that dive into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, a national park where granite walls tower more than 2,000 feet above the Gunnison River. Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, ©Matt Inden/Weaver 1 do in the Southwest, go to www.colorado.com/southwest50. The Gunnison River in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, ©Chris Giles Photo LLC 02 Have a relaxing soak in one of Pagosa Springs’ many natural hot-spring pools, which range from 95 to 115 degrees. 03 Marvel at the ancient towers and dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloans at Hovenweep and Canyons of the Ancients National Monuments just northwest of Cortez. 04 Stroll down to Santa Rita Park just south of downtown Durango to watch rafters run the Class III Smelter Rapid or to cheer kayakers as they race through the river’s slalom course. 05 Drive Cli Palace Road in Mesa Verde National Park and get a bird’s-eye view of magni cent Ancestral Puebloan cli dwellings, such as Cli Palace, perched high above the valley oor in Cli Canyon. # 10 # 5 06 Enjoy some tasty sweet corn from a roadside stand in Olathe, often regarded as the best in the state. 07 Fish from a drift boat for rainbow and brown trout — as well as the occasional kokanee salmon — on the famous stretches of the Gunnison River just above and below the town of Gunnison. All aboard for the 08 Study ancient regional culture at the Anasazi Heritage Center, which contains more than 3.5 million artifacts, many of which were removed from land that is now covered by McPhee Lake. Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, ©Matt Inden/Weaver Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, which snakes through the impressive Animas River Gorge. 09 Drive the Million Dollar Highway from Silverton to Ouray, which is just 24 miles of the 236-mile San Juan Skyway National Scenic and Historic Byway. is high-mountain All American Road o ers stunning views and was the engineering darling of its day. 152 1-800-Colorado | www.colorado.com http://www.colorado.com/southwest50 http://www.colorado.com
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