Northwestern Colorado

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Essential Destinations

Aspen

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Aspen is a ski resort in the state of Colorado in the Rocky Mountains region of the United States of America. Its little sister is Snowmass Village, which is about 10 miles from downtown Aspen.

Grand Junction

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Graced by red rock mesas, Grand Junction is a vital part of Colorado's Wine Country. The city lies on the Colorado River at the foot of Grand Mesa, Mount Garfield, and Colorado National Monument.

Glenwood Springs

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Glenwood Springs is located in the western half of Colorado, United States of America, right where the south central, Front Range, and northwestern regions meet.

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Vail

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Vail is a U.S. ski resort town set in the Rocky Mountains. Vail is located in the Northwestern region of the state of Colorado. It is 100 miles west of Denver and 35 miles east of Eagle.

Breckenridge

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Breckenridge is a ski resort and town at the northern tip of the south central region of Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the United States of America.

Steamboat Springs

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Steamboat Springs is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 13,224 at the 2020 census.

Rifle

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Rifle is a home-rule municipality in, and the most populous community of, Garfield County, Colorado, United States. Its population was 10,437 at the 2020 census.

Fruita

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Fruita is a town in the Northwestern part of the Rocky Mountains state of Colorado near Grand Junction. Fruita is perhaps most famous for its dinosaurs and as the Western portal to Colorado National Monument.

Idaho Springs

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Idaho Springs is a city of 1800 people in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It is known also as the Gem of the Rockies.

Eagle

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Eagle is the home rule town that is the county seat of Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 7,511 at the 2020 United States census, a +15.41% increase since the 2010 census.

Granby

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Granby is the statutory town that is the most populous municipality in Grand County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 2,079 at the 2020 United States census.

Grand Lake

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Grand Lake is a small town of 400 people in the Northwestern region of the Rocky Mountain state of Colorado. Grand Lake sits at the southwest entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park.

Palisade

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Palisade is a town in the northwestern part of the Rocky Mountains state of Colorado near Grand Junction. Palisade is perhaps most famous for its fruit orchards and the vineyards that comprise Colorado's Wine Country.

Paonia

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Paonia is a town in the Northwestern part of the Rocky Mountains state of Colorado. It is the nearest town to the West Elks American Viticultural Area, part of Colorado's Wine Country and home to the highest wine vineyards in North America.

Frisco

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Frisco is a home rule municipality located in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,913 at the 2020 census. Frisco is a part of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Hotchkiss

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Hotchkiss is a town in the Northwestern part of the Rocky Mountains state of Colorado. It is also a part of the West Elks American Viticultural Area, part of Colorado's Wine Country and home to the highest wine vineyards in North America.

Keystone

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Keystone is a ski resort in Colorado, with a permanent population of around 11000 people. The Keystone Resort ski area occupies 3 mountains: Dercum Mountain, North Peak, and the Outback.

Clifton

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Clifton is an unincorporated community, a census-designated place, and a post office in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Redstone

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Redstone is an unincorporated town and a census-designated place located in and governed by Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Copper Mountain

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Copper Mountain is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Summit County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Beaver Creek

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Beaver Creek is a ski resort in Colorado. The resort comprises three villages, the main Beaver Creek Village, Bachelor Gulch, and Arrowhead to the west.

Dillon and Silverthorne

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Dillon and Silverthorne are adjacent towns in Northwestern Colorado. They offer outdoor activities in the Rocky Mountains, along with a thriving arts and shopping scene.

Colorado National Monument

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Colorado National Monument is a National Park Service unit near the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. Sheer-walled canyons cut deep into sandstone and granite–gneiss–schist rock formations.

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