Alpine Journal

There is a particular kind of exhale that happens when you leave Colorado Springs behind and head west on Highway 24. The city falls away.

Solo travel has a reputation problem. The assumption is that traveling alone is a consolation something you do when the group trip fell through or

Greenwood Village is not a place most visitors plan to visit. It’s a place they find themselves in for a conference, a work trip, a

We have collectively decided that busyness is a virtue. The person who is always on, always available, always doing is implicitly admired. The person who

Some of the best things Colorado has to offer are visible from a car window.The state’s high elevation and dramatic topography mean that the roads

Mueller State Park does not announce itself. The entrance comes up quietly on Highway 67 between Divide and Cripple Creek — a modest sign, a

This valley looked nothing like it does today. A lake sat here, surrounded by a redwood forest, at the edge of a volcanic field that

Eleven Mile State Park sits in a high mountain valley at 8,550 feet, surrounded by granite outcroppings and pine forest, and most people in Colorado