Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Worth a Stop
On the way back to the Mt Princeton resort from St Elmo, you'll see the Love Meadow on
your right. Once a pioneer homestead belonging to an impressive woman widowed in her
youth, it's now a small and dramatically beautiful wildlife sanctuary.
TOP TUNES FOR COLORADO ROAD-TRIPPING
Colorado's highways and back roads mix asphalt and gravel, and hairpin turns with fast flats and deep canyons -
a sensory journey enhanced with just the right tunes.
Colorado natives
DeVotchKa's symphonic alt-rock is reverent fuel for a road trip. Older acts include Big Head
Todd & the Monsters and String Cheese Incident.
Aspen-inspired
Bounce between violinist Sarah Chang, African banjo legend Béla Fleck, and fusion bands Pink
Martini and Calexico, all recent performers at the Aspen Music Festival and Jazz Aspen Snowmass.
Willie Nelson
The country legend wrote the songs on
Red Headed Stranger,
arguably his greatest record, while
on a road trip through Colorado in 1975. It's as indigenous to this rugged country as the aspens themselves.
Bluegrass
With multiple bluegrass festivals in the state, including the biggie in Telluride, you must have fiddler
and singer-songwriter Alison Krauss, and guitarist and singer-songwriter Gillian Welch on the shortlist.
Hippie spillover
From Boulder to Manitou Springs, earthy roots run deep. Channel your inner hippie with Ed-
ward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, who sell out in Denver, Boulder and Telluride's Bluegrass Festival.
