Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Boulder & Around
Why Go?
Twenty-five square miles surrounded by reality. That's the joke about Boulder that never
goes away. The weather is perfect , the surroundings - stone Flatirons, gurgling creek, pon-
derosa trails and manicured college campus - beg idylling. And the populace - fit do-
gooders with the beta on the best fair-trade coffee - seals the stereotype.
Boulder's mad love of the outdoors was officially legislated in 1967, when Boulder be-
came the first US city to tax itself specifically to preserve open space. Thanks to such vis-
ion, people (and dogs) enjoy a number of city parks and open space while packs of cyclists
whip up and down the Boulder Creek corridor.
In many ways it is Boulder, not Denver, that is the region's tourist hub. The city is about
the same distance from Denver International Airport, and the hub puts you 45 minutes
closer to the ski resorts west on I-70 and the extraordinary Rocky Mountain National Park.
When to Go
Jun-Aug
Long sunny days, summer showers, farmers markets, hiking, biking and tubing.
Sep-Oct
Students return, Indian Summer, fall color, warm days, cool nights.
