colorado travel packages Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/colorado-travel-packages Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:35:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Colorado Guide for Tourist http://toursmaps.com/colorado-guide-for-tourist.html http://toursmaps.com/colorado-guide-for-tourist.html#respond Sun, 20 Nov 2016 15:26:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=224401 Colorado Guide for Tourist ARAPAHO AND ROOSEVELT NATIONAL FORESTS 1,813,493 acres. Located in north-central and northern Colorado, these two co-administered National Forests surround Rocky Mountain National Park. This is a region of splendid high snow-covered peaks, with some elevations over 14,000 feet. There are steep ridges and deep canyons, with alpine lakes and glaciers. Forests are of fir, spruce, and lodgepole pine. Wildlife includes elk, deer, bear, bighorn sheep, and coyote. The National Forests have eight designated wilderness areas: 83,000 acres of the 134,000-acre Eagles Nest Wilderness, the 75,000-acre Indian Peaks Wilderness, the 74,000-acre Rawah Wilderness, the 66,600-acre Comanche Peak

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/colorado-guide-for-tourist.html/feed 0 Colorado Travel http://toursmaps.com/colorado-travel.html http://toursmaps.com/colorado-travel.html#respond Sat, 19 Nov 2016 15:02:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=224425 Colorado Travel DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT 203,815 acres. Located in the northwest corner of Colorado and extending into Utah, this National Monument is named for the fossils of dinosaur bones found here. It’s set amid arid desert plateaus, mountains, and canyons. The monument has two major rivers, the Green and Tampa Rivers. Vegetation includes stands of pinyon pine and juniper, sagebrush, with box elder and cottonwood along the rivers. Bighorn sheep, mule deer, and coyote are among the wildlife. Activities: Only a few relatively short trails are found here. Cross-country hiking and backpacking are allowed, but foot-travel is difficult due to

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