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Cozy, Warm & Delicious
WELCOME TO COLORADO FUN
Colorado Fun is a comprehensive visitors and vacationers guide. Our aim is to show you the best of what Southern Colorado offers, from dining to beer-sipping, tourism, cycling, fishing, art, history, spas, hiking, concerts, festivals, jaunts with dogs, and much, much more. We've got the inside scoop to the best places in Southern Colorado.
We publish an annual guide, and will be available at many outlets throughout The Greater Pikes Peak Region and The Western Slope. You can enjoy our stories online or order your subscription by clicking on the "subscription" menu. Either way, we warmly welcome you to our neck of the woods.
Lessons in Trail Markers: Finding Your Way
“ARE YOU SURE?” We were looking down the soft, well-defined moguls that draped over the steep face of crested butte
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Pueblo’s Neon Revival: It’s a Gas!
Neon signs have intrigued Pueblo native Joe Koncilja since his boyhood when neon signs lined business thoroughfares in cities large
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A (very brief) Cannabis Glossary
If you haven’t smoked weed since high school or college you’ll find that a lot has changed since then. Remember
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Bookstores are Back
Ebooks and Amazon are convenient, but nothing can adequately replace the feel, smell, and weight of a cherished book. When
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Get Crafty
“Not a native, but I got here as fast as I could.” I read that slogan on a popular green
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Fresh Fun: Novel Ways to Enjoy New Snowfall
Given Colorado’s captivating mountain terrain and abundance of dry snow every year, it’s no surprise tourists flock to the Rocky
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IceVenture
No matter the time of year, Coloradans crave a relationship with mother nature. Ice climbing may be one of the
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Cider Houses Rule
Thursday night finds my lovely wife Lindz and I on the front porch of our century-old Victorian, and the cool
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Come for the beer, stay for the fun!
As cities and towns gentrify, they often become safer, cleaner, and more diverse while offering more dining options, but those
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Cozy, Warm, & Delicious
I recently moved back to Colorado from Oregon; up in the Northwest, buying local is everything, whether the product is
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Walk Through History
Wandering past 120-year old homes and storefronts offers a glimpse of life back when the homes were new and the
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Rough to Refined
“Colorful Colorado” is not just a sign at our state’s border. Deep beneath the soil, precious stones are waiting
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Salida’s Summer Scene
Now that the season has changed, it’s time to do something outdoors that doesn’t involve your long underwear. Luckily, Salida,
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Legal & Green
If your state has yet to legalize marijuana, you may have some questions about Colorado’s marijuana market. It’s a strange
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Lions & Tigers & Families, OH MY!
Just this morning, while walking my dog in our neighborhood, I saw a herd of eight mule deer and one
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Adventure at Altitude
At 14,110 Feet, Pikes Peak dominates the skyline above Colorado Springs, but it’s only one of many 14ers in
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Beat the Heat
The sky was bright, a breeze was blowing, and every few minutes the ice would creak and crack. Red and
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Living Canvas
These days, a tattoo isn’t just a stencil picked off a wall display. It’s real art created by wildly talented
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Ageless and Timeless
No longer limited to Hollywood insiders, the aesthetics industry is booming with over 2,100 medical spas across the U.S. Clients
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Rescue Remedy
In 2007, Forbes magazine crowned Colorado Springs America’s most pet-friendly city, highlighting over 10,000 acres of public park space and
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Chowhounds
After a rainy morning, we were surprised to step onto Cerebrus Brewing Company’s spacious patio and see each table filled.
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On Two Wheels
Colorado is a cyclist’s paradise. Whether you enjoy ticking past the white line on a long stretch of asphalt or
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Q & A with Alison Dunlap
Spend a moment contemplating the term “world champion” and the significance it carries. With few bestowed this accolade, many of
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Cultural Landscape
Our city’s art scene continues to grow with First Friday gallery openings and monthly guided walking and biking
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Art Appreciation
Southern Colorado is actively changing the perception that public art is static, boring, and elitist with fun, participatory, and unique
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Out on the Town
Ready for a night out with someone special? After living in Southern Colorado for two years, my husband and I
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Downtown Comes to Life
Not so many years ago, you could have rolled a bowling ball down Tejon Street at 9:00pm on a balmy
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Horsing Around
Coloradans embrace the bounty of wide open spaces and beautiful backcountry opportunities for recreation. In face, many choose to live
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Just Chill
You take your shoes off, shed your towel and prance as quickly as you can through the snow in your
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Fresh Pow Pow
Colorado offers some of the best skiing on the planet. Within 100 miles or so from the temperate Front Range,
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