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      Mar 8, 2024• by TravelLightLaura

      Mountain Magic, Winter Park CO

      A rocky mountain ski trip is winter magic: snow-capped views above 10,000 feet, delightful apres-ski toasts with ski buddies, ripping a top-to-bottom run on packed powder, and a soak in the...

      Oct 18, 2023• by TravelLightLaura

      Fall MTB Frisco, CO

      Mountain biking is better…when you are actually in the mountains! The biking we do at home in Michigan, at sea level, on dirt trails with no rocks, on gently rolling hills, I pondered. Is that...

      Mar 4, 2019• by TravelLightLaura

      Colorado Family

      Families evolve and go through changes. I have an ex husband. I didn’t keep the last name but thankfully kept the sisters. Though we do not see each other very often, the sister-in-law...

      Jan 18, 2019• by TravelLightLaura

      Breck Highlights

      Dec. 26, 2013 – It had been dumping snow in west Michigan the last several days so I assumed much the same was happening in the mountains of Colorado. Packing my ski bag, I imagined being picked up...

      Nov 28, 2023• by TravelLightLaura

      Give the Gift of Travel (Five Mountain Bike Vacations)

      f you're like me, you're already scheming and planning for 2024 travel. And, since the holiday season is upon us, let's skip more stuff and give the gift of travel instead. What's on our 2024 wish...

      Dec 12, 2022• by wasatch

      Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA

      The most scenic mountains are volcanoes and thrust fault Mountains (Alps, Rockies, Himalayas). While Pikes Peak (14,110 ft above sea level) looks like part of the Front Range of Colorado's Rocky...

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      The Local Nomad - clean, comfy, and chill hostel in western Colorado

      $30 - $80 / 2 
      Paonia, Colorado, United States
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