Seems like every ski trip this winter has been a traffic nightmare. 4-hour drive to WP on MLK weekend because 70 was a parking lot starting east of 470. This past weekend we got stuck in Silverthrone on Sunday when they closed the tunnel for 4 hours. Left Copper at 2:30 and didn't make it back to Denver until almost 11. My friends and I have been thinking about the train to WP for a while, so might need to give that a try.
We had a weekend snowshoeing trip in Black Hawk a few weekends ago and went up 36 through Boulder and then down through Nederland instead to avoid 70 haha.
To anyone in here who uses RTD, they are conducting a survey on a new fare structure. Two options are there for consideration. RTD has a ton of issues beyond fare, but I think making it less cost prohibitive would be a big step to increasing ridership, so if you've got thoughts let them know here: https://www.farefeedback.rtd-denver.com/
Yea but don’t kill them please they’re nocturnal pollinators and are good food for bears and birds in the mountains
Oh yea, I always go catch and release for bugs in the house. I like moths in general too. They just seem to have had a population explosion in the last week.
My son and I like the capture them and release them "to go find their families". They are definitely not kill on sight bugs in our house.
I moved there last year with my family from CA and we loved it. It's a large city but there are lots of parks, tons of greenery, and everything you could want in terms of stores and what not. Super safe too, from what I could tell. It's kind of a pain to get across just with how sprawling it is, and it's getting expensive in terms of housing, but those are my only real complaints.
To give you a real answer, Fort Collins is cool. It's big enough to always have something going on but small enough that traffic isn't usually bad like it is in Denver. There's a shitload of breweries if you're into that. It's also a college town so take that for what you will. They also have municipal provided internet which is awesome because Xfinity has a monopoly on most of Colorado Another pro, the annual Tour de Corgi, which is happening this Saturday. 1,000 corgis walking through Old Town in costumes
Fort Collins is a really cool spot. As others have said, it's really pretty, has easy access to a lot of outdoor activities, there's a lot to do downtown and it's relatively walkable. I also think it has an underrated music scene. There are a few really cool smaller venues there that typically bring a lot of acts from the punk/emo/metal side of the spectrum.