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Our Adventure: Lions and Tigers and Bears, OMA!
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Travelers on this Trip: |
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Possible Locations:
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We might be hitting a bunch of cool places. Here are a few we are considering: Continents: North America Countries: Canada and US |
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Tips and Last Minute Details:
Pains:
- There are no pains at thePalace@NorthGlenn
Tentative Itinerary of Hiking and Sightseeing Campaigns:
- Option no Bears
- Long trips
- Sept 30 – Oct 4 Breckenridge
- Oct 8- Oct 11 Colorado Springs
- Garden of the gods
- Manitou Incline (Oct 9 and/or Oct 10)
- Paint Mines
- short trips
- Boulder
- Golden
- Jimmy Johns
- Other long trips
- Apple Orchard Apple picking – 2 hours away Adams Apple Orchard, Ault, Co
- Long trips
Planes:
plan B tickets purchased
Sept 28 San Jose to Denver leave 7:25AM
Oct 15 Denver to San Jose leave 8:50PM
Ferries, Cablecars, Trains:
Amtrak is not dependable
Denver to Glenwood Springs
light rail to Denver train station
5 hour amtrak train ride to Glenwood Springs ( Amtrak is usually late and slow. 2.5 hour car ride)
Walk to lodging and hikes
5 hour train ride back 2 days later
light rail to thepalace@NorthGlenn
dragging roller suitcases all the way
Lodging to Stay Out of the Rains:
- Breckenridge
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rank name cost city type beds W/D hot tub comments 3 nice house $755 Keystone townhouse 1K1Q Y N bad bed? 4.9/5.0 100 reviews house like 3 amazing location- $820 Breck townhome 2K Y C 147 reviews 10/10 VRBO 3 Apres Chalet $873 Frisco townhouse 1K1Q Y Y 4.8 125 reviews AirBNB 4 breck townhome $879 Breck townhome 2K Y C 9.4 15 reviews, near town, vrbo 5 Quicksilver $445 Keystone condo 2K N C 9.8 123 reviews, low end? 4 spacious condo $677 Keystone townhome 3K Y C 9.6 41 reviews 4 Great Views $736 Keystone condo 2K N C 9.8 83 reviews tall building 3 Private Hot Tub $769 Keystone townhome 1K1Q Y P 9.9 35 reviews salt water HT - lots of condos and homes week of Sep30-Oct 4. watch for surcharges. about $150-$200 per night
- warning booking .com dos not list final price, up to 20% more
- booking.com
- Hot Tub & Sauna PEAK 8 BRECKENRIDGE 1K 1Q, $627
- hyatt
- dillon lake view 2 Q, $919
- keystone family friendly $681, 1K 1Q, 9.7 review
- zdillo
- n ski in ski out ski in ski out $750 + 7% 1K1Q washdry
- snake river $859 + 8%, 1K1Q W&D
- lookout ridge 63 $938 + 10%, W&D 1K1Q
- 207 Point Dillon $829 + 20%,W&D 1K2T
- snowdance keystone $960+70+6%,1K1Q,
- worth it 1K1Q $913 W&D
- Dillon condo lake view $873 W&D
- on lake dillon $931 1K1Q WD
- lakefront mountain condo $718 small 1K2T high reviews
- basecamp $964 1K1Q high reviews roof top deck WD
- luxury 2 story condo $663 1K1Q hot tub broken
- top floor condo $927v1K1Q
- spacious condo $710 3K weekday discount
- nice house in keystone $732 1K1Q
- spacious condo $688 2K
- cosy Frisco condo $736
- cosy Frisco condo II $888
- Frisco modern $795+10% 2K
- cosy Frisco condo $698 + 15% 1K1Q
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rank name cost city type beds W/D hot tub comments 3 nice house $755 Keystone townhouse 1K1Q Y N bad bed? 4.9/5.0 100 reviews house like 7 cozy frisco condo $696+16% Frisco condo 1K1Q Y N nearwalmart 7 frisco condo $736 Frisco condo 1K1Q Y N same complex 5 frisco condo II $888 Frisco condo 1K1Q Y C top floor? nice views 5 spacious condo $692 – $710 Keystone condo 3K N C base of ski lift 5 top floor condo $918 Dillon condo 1K1Q N C 5 basecamp $950 Dillon condo 1K1Q Y C rooftop deck 7 llakefront mountain condo $711 Dillon condo 1K2T ?/D C small high reviews 7 on lake dillon $919 Dillon condo 1K2D Y C high reviews 5 dillon condo $863 Dillon condo 1K1Q Y C 5 worth it $900 Dillon townhouse 1K1Q Y C very high reviews 4 Hot tub & sauna peak 8 Breck $558+14.5% Breck condo 1K1Q Y N extra long beds, old reviews, booking.com 5 Fam friend $681+14.5% Keystone condo 1K1Q Y Y 5 Keystone walk to slopes $745+6.88% Keystone condo 1K1Q Y C 5 snake river $859+8.38% Keystone townhouse 1K1Q Y C 4 breck townhome $879 Breck townhome 2K Y C high reviews, near town 3 amazing location- $820 Breck townhome 2K Y C 147 reviews 10/10 VRBO 5 mountaintous $832 Breck townhouse 1K1Q ? C 1 bad review 5 cedars slopeside $941 Breck townhouse 1K1Q Y C 5 Remodeled Cedars $942 Breck townhouse 1K1Q Y Y 3 Apres Chalet $873 Frisco townhouse 1K1Q Y Y 4.8 125 reviews AirBNB 9 hyatt no rooms
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- Colorado Springs
Hikes (and Sightseeing) / Leg Strains:
- Boulder
- list of hikes from City web page
- Golden
- list of hikes from city web page
- Colorado Springs
- Manitou Incline
- Garden of the Gods
- Keystone
- hiking trail maps hiking project
- Mt. Sniktau the hard side of Loveland Pass
- Keystone Gultch Trail head – recommended but not great for views
- Summit Cove Trailhead – loop the golf course
- Straight Creek Trailhead – dog walk, hear I70
- Tenderfoot Mountain Trailhead – nice views, easy hike
- Willowbrook Trailhead – nice views , waterfall, crowded, small parking lot, arrive early
- Buffalo Mountain Trailhead – good views at top, difficult, poorly marked trail, very little parking
- Lily Pad Trail head – good views, terrible parking
- Oro Grande Trail
- grays peak – 14er, need 4WD or +6mi
- Torreys Peak – 14er, high clearance vehicle, very limited parking Gray & Torrey
- Quandry Peak– car access, 14er, free parking after Sept 17
- Uneva Peak – easy parking, 12er, near Vail on I70
- Breckenridge
- Aspen
- Independence Pass Next trip
Food Experiments, Surprises, and Options:
- Omadi is planning a smorgasbord of wholesome and rejuvenating energy bars and protein bars
- Possibly charcuterie one evening, probably more often cause there will be leftovers
- Grilled foods – hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken, salmon
- Granola surprise
- tourtiere pinwheels, pizza pinwheels
- and much more, obviously…
Map of Our Traveling Domains:
Some Additional Research:
