
The Ultimate Colorado Road Trip
You’ve skied in Telluride, rafted the Animas River, and spotted bighorn sheep in Rocky Mountain National Park. What’s left on the Colorado bucket list? Plenty, it turns out. This itinerary traces a good chunk of the year-old Colorado Creative Corridor, a 331-mile, state-designated route linking five charmingly artistic small towns, or “creative districts.” (Three of them—Salida, Crested Butte, and Paonia—pop up on this driving tour.) The staggering landscapes are reason enoug