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Colorado

Travel Colorado with Basin and Range Magazine. Once known as the Switzerland of America, Colorado is America’s rooftop with 637 mountains over 13,000 feet in elevation and 54 over of those topping out at over 14,000 feet. In addition to the Rocky Mountains, the state is also well known for its outdoor culture, craft beer and sunny skies.

The State of Craft Spirits in Colorado 2023

Colorado, the nation’s 2nd largest craft beer market is making a big splash in craft spirits. Here’s everything you need to know to navigate a complex and young industry.
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The Vail Winter Mountain Games are Back for 2022
2 years ago

The Vail Winter Mountain Games are Back for 2022

For two winters in 2012-13, the Winter Mountain Games celebrated ‘athletes, art, music and mountains’ in the Rocky Mountains of Vail, Colorado. Now 10-years later, the Winter Mountain Games are coming back …
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Colorado Wine Lovers Have Something to Celebrate
7 years ago

Colorado Wine Lovers Have Something to Celebrate

While Colorado has been busily building its reputation for being one of the nation’s hotspots for craft beer, the state’s wine makers and grape growers have also been hard at …
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Colorado Announces 2017 Governor’s Cup Wine Competition Winners

Colorado’s reputation for being one of the origins of the nation’s popular craft beer movement is well-known… thanks in part to its current sitting Governor, John Hickenlooper who was one …
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Is Colorado the New Epicenter of Bluegrass?
7 years ago

Is Colorado the New Epicenter of Bluegrass?

There is no hiding that Bluegrass owes its original heritage to the hill-country of Appalachia.  But for those familiar with the bluegrass scene in Colorado, its undeniable that the fast …
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Mountain Dispatch: Rafting through Split Mountain, Colorado
7 years ago

Mountain Dispatch: Rafting through Split Mountain, Colorado

For this Father’s Day edition of Mountain Dispatch, guest writer Shaina Maytum shares how a father’s love for the river can be shared again in return. – Chuck Watkins

My …
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The West’s Best Brew Fests of Summer 2017
7 years ago

The West’s Best Brew Fests of Summer 2017

The culture of craft beer pours over the West and is celebrated at hundreds of brew fests stretching from New Mexico to Alaska.  With so many to choose from, we decided …
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What’s new for the 2017 GoPro Mountain Games
7 years ago

What’s new for the 2017 GoPro Mountain Games

The GoPro Mountain Games returns to Colorado’s Vail Valley as the country’s largest gathering of adventure sports, music, and the mountain culture that surrounds the lifestyle.  Professional and amateur athletes …
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Kickstarter We Love: The Rocky Mountain Land Library
7 years ago

Kickstarter We Love: The Rocky Mountain Land Library

The Rocky Mountain Land Library has been called one of Colorado’s most treasured collections of books.  The 35,000+ private book collection primarily focuses on the West’s landscape, diverse history and legendary people. …
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