I-Colorado inikeza izintaba zamakhilomitha ezinkulungwane: isikhathi eside, esifushane, esilula, esinzima, esibucayi, esikude, esinobuchule kanye nenja-enobungane. Abanye baphelele ukubuka ukuguqulwa kwezihlahla ze-aspen ekwindla, kanti abanye baphila zonke izintwasahlobo ezinezimbali zasendle ezimibalabala.
Ngempela, khetha umzila bese uya. I-Colorado ngeke idumale. Awekho imigwaqo emibi.
Kodwa uma ufuna i-quintessential Colorado isipiliyoni-ngaleyo ndawo edumileyo noma udumo - kunezinkambo ezimbalwa eziphuma kuzo zonke ezinye. Lezi yizinkomba ezivelele kakhulu, imigwaqo iColorado idume kakhulu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi bavame ukuphathwa kabi ngabanye abagibeli, ngakho qaphela; shiya kusenesikhathi futhi ulungiselele ukuqhuma kwentaba. Yebo, singathola ukuqhuma kwezimoto emigwaqweni yethu.
01 ka 05
I-Hanging Ichibi
U-Anthony Pidgeon / Getty Images Le ndlela itholakala ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-10 ukusuka eGlenwood Springs, okwenza kube ukuhambela kwansuku oluthandwayo kwabahambi abavakashela iziphethu ezidumile ezishisayo ezivela ku-Interstate 70.
Umzila ngokwawo ufushane kakhulu - nje ngamamayela angu-2 nengxenye nxazonke - kodwa ungakhohliswa. Lokhu akusiyo okusheshayo-nokungcolile, ukuphuma nokuphuma. Umzila we-Hanging we-Hanging ukhulu kakhulu, unamala futhi ungathatha amahora amabili kuya kwangu-4, kuye ngokuthi izinga lakho lokuzivocavoca, isikhathi sosuku, ukuthi usebenza kanjani ngokuphakama nokuthi indlela ephilile ngayo. Ungazami ukuyifinyelela ngokushesha. Thatha isikhathi sokukhuphuka ngokuphepha bese uthatha isikhathi ukubuka echibini le-surreal kanye nemifula phezulu. Letha ikhamera enkulu.
Phezulu, qhubeka ufika uze ufike ku-Sprouting Rock ukuze uthole ukubukwa okwengeziwe.
I-Hanging ye-Lake trail, ngokusebenzisa ama-canyons kanye nomfula, ilinganiswa njengesilinganiso. Uma ungagqoki izicathulo ezinhle futhi uzilungiselele, ungazizwa unzima kunalokho. Qinisekisa ukuthi uletha isikhwama semanzi amaningi kanye nezinto eziphuthumayo. Ifoni yakho ngeke isebenze lapha.
Njengawo wonke ama-hikes odumile aseColorado, i-Hanging Lake ingaba yindlala kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngenkathi yehlobo (nakuba ivulekile unyaka wonke futhi imifudlana efriziwe imangalisa nje, nakuba umzila usuke ukhululekile uma iqhwa neqhwa). Ukubheja kwakho okungcono kakhulu: Shiya ngokushesha, ngaphambi kokuba izixuku zivuke, ukuze uthole indawo yokupaka futhi ungene futhi uphume ngaphambi kuka-9 noma 10 ekuseni lapho izixuku zifika.
Okubalulekile: Ungabi "udoti udoti." Ungangeni emanzini noma uhambe ngaphesheya kwamalogi echibini. I-ecosystems lapha ihluleka kakhulu futhi kuyingozi ukuletha noma yiziphi izakhi ezingavamile emanzini. Hlonipha, noma ungavakashele.
Leli chibi lingummangaliso wemvelo, limiswe ngomlingo emaphethelweni ogwadule, okwakhiwa yi-travertine engavamile. Izitshalo eziluhlaza zizungeze amanzi angcolile. Ungase ulingeke ukuba ufuna ukungena ngaphakathi. Ungabi.
I-Hanging Ichibi i-National Natural Landmark.
02 ka 05
I-Longs Peak
I-Longs Peak kanye neChimm Lake. I-Getty Images / i-Ethan Welty I-Colorado ihlala "eziningana ezine" (izintaba ezide kunamamitha angu-14 000 ngaphezu kolwandle), kodwa iLongs Peak ingenye yezidume kakhulu. Liyimide futhi kulula ukubona indawo yezintaba, ikakhulukazi uma uvakashela iNorthern Front Range yaseColorado. Kuyinto intaba ende kunazo zonke e-Rocky Mountain National Park.
Izintaba ze-Longs Peak zibhekwa njengebheji lokuhlonipha abantu bendawo kanye nezivakashi, kodwa akuwona wonke umuntu. Nakuba lokhu kungenye yezindawo ezidume kakhulu eDolombia, futhi kukhishwa kakhulu, kugijima futhi kuyinselelo enkulu futhi umzamo wokufinyelela phezulu kufanele ushiywe kubantu abakulungele, bephila kahle futhi baqondiswe ngokugcwele endaweni ephakeme. Abahamba ngezinyawo bahlangabezana nezinyawo ezingaphezu kuka-5 000 ekuzuzeni ukuphakama kuwo wonke umzila. Lokho kuthiwa, akudingeki uhambe yonke indlela. Ungathatha ingxenye nje yalesi sikebhe futhi usajabulele imibono emihle nenselele yomzimba.
Umzila we-Longs Peak ungama-13.6 wamamayela futhi uthatha amahora angu-14 ukuqedela. Umgomo ukuphakama futhi wehle entabeni ngaphambi kwemini (noma okungenani kude phezulu), lapho iziphepho ze-ntambama zingena futhi zizokwenza kube nzima nakakhulu ukunyakaza. I-Longs Peak yaziwa ngombani wayo. Awufuni ukwazi ukuthi lowo ohlangothini lwe-Longs ubona. Kungase futhi kutholakale umoya ovuthiwe futhi kuphelile phezulu, ngisho no-Agasti.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi udinga ukuqala kahle ukuhamba kwakho ngaphambi kwelanga. Qala ngo-2 ekuseni (ngesikhathi sakamuva) kumnyama omnyama; ufuna ukuzama ukushaya ingqungquthela ngo-10 ekuseni ukuhamba ebusuku kudala uhlobo oluhlukile lokuzijabulisa futhi kuletha izinkinga ezengeziwe. Uyomangala ukuthi bangaki abanye abagibeli abaphuma ngaleso sikhathi ebusuku. Kuyinto isipiliyoni esiphezulu sokubona zonke izikhwama zekhanda zigcwala umzila.
Umbono ophezulu uzoba ngenye yezinto ezimangalisa kakhulu ekuphileni kwakho. Amaphuzu avelele endleleni ahlanganisa i-Chasm Lake, i-Keyhole, i-Glacier Gorge kanye nokubukwa kwe-Rocky Mountain National Park.
Nawa amanye amathiphu:
Lungiselela kahle ngaphambi kwalokhu kuhamba. Letha amanzi amaningi kanye nokudla okulula.
Isikhathi esihle kakhulu sokwenza i-Longs Peak singaphakathi maphakathi no-Julayi phakathi nango-Septhemba, ngenxa yesimo sezulu. Hlola njalo izimo nokuvalwa ngaphambi kokuhamba.
Uma kunokwenzeka, shaya umzila ngosuku lweviki, uma kungenjalo njengabantu abaningi (futhi kuyingozi; ukugubha abantu abadlulile emathangeni bese ulinda abanye bangakubeka engozini).
Uma wesaba ukuphakama, lokhu kuhamba akusikho kuwe. Akuyona neze izingane ezincane.
Qaphela "ukukhulelwa komkhuhlane" nokugula kwezinga eliphezulu.
Ungenzi lo mqhudelwano wedwa.
Uma isimo sesimo sezulu sibi, ungawushiyi inhlanhla. Yehla emuva ngokushesha.
03 ka 05
Izikhukhula ezifudumele zeConundrum
I-Conundrum Hot Springs yemvelo. Umsebenzisi weFlickr uChris Bartle I-Conundrum Hot Springs yindawo ehamba phambili ehamba phambili ehamba eduze ne-Aspen ephela ngemithombo yamanzi ashisayo, emvelo, e-alpine ashisayo: amachibi amabili amakhulu kanye nezimbobo ezincane zokubhukuda.
Ngenxa yokusebenzisa ngokweqile, kube khona ukukhuluma ngokuvala noma ukuvimbela iziphethu ezishisayo. Ukuze sihloniphe imvelo, asikhuthazi ukudoba lapha. Kunezinhlobo eziningi zamanzi ashisayo kuwo wonke ama-Colorado asetshenziselwe ukubhukuda, ngaphandle kokufaka ingozi yokulimaza.
Ukunyuka kuzothatha iningi losuku lwakho, ngoba lihamba cishe ngamamayela angu-17 uhambo olulandelayo futhi lunzima ngokulinganisela (mhlawumbe kancane kunomthamo kwezinye izingxenye). Ngenxa yokuthi yisikhathi eside, izivakashi eziningi ziphule ezinsukwini ezimbili futhi zikanise kwelinye lamakamu aqokiwe. Kucatshangelwa ukuziphatha okuhle okungaphezulu kosuku olulodwa, ngenxa yesidingo samabala ekamu.
Lindela ukuba uhambe ehlathini, uphakamise isigodi nasemaphethelweni. Umzila uzokukhuphula phezulu, ube ngamamitha angu-11 ngaphezu kwezilwandle. Endleleni, lindela izimbali ezikhanyayo, ukuhamba kwemifula, ama-aspen groves, izilwane zasendle nezintaba zezintaba.
Le ndlela, e-Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, ihle kakhulu ematasa (futhi ikhula ekuthandweni), ngenxa yemibono kanye nesimo esishisayo senhlobo yasemuva, ngakho-ke vakashela phakathi nezinsuku ezihamba kancane.
04 ka 05
INtaba i-Elbert
Umbono ovela eNtabeni Elbert. I-Getty Images / Mark Lewis Uma ubheka ukuwela elinye "u-fourteener" ohlwini lwakho lwamabhakede, kwenze iNtaba Elbert. Leli iphuzu eliphakeme kakhulu e-Colorado. Akuyona nje intaba ephakeme kakhulu yombuso, kodwa futhi iyinhloko yesibili esiphezulu emazweni angaphansi angu-48.
Hamba (ukhuphuke) iNtaba i-Elbert ngamalungelo okuzigabisa. Uyomangala ukwazi ukuthi akunzima njengoba kuzwakala. Eqinisweni, uzobona njalo ukuhamba kwensimu yesikole okuhleliwe lapha. Uma usuhle kahle futhi uhlela ngokuhlakanipha (okungukuthi unamathela endaweni ephezulu), kungenzeka unqobe u-Elbert 14,433 ngezinyawo. Akulula, kodwa akusilo ngokweqile njengenye yezinye "ezine-fourers". Noma kunjalo, thatha izinyathelo zokuqapha, ikakhulukazi uqiniseke ukuthi uhlala phansi ngaphambi kokuba iziphepho zantambama ziqhubeke emini emini futhi umbani kuyingozi.
Imizila emihlanu ehlukene izokukhuphula phezulu, idlule ukuhamba. Imibono phezulu kukhona enyeworldworld. INtaba i-Elbert ayikude nomncane, idolobha laseVuperville laseBoli.
05 ka 05
I-Maroon Bells
I-Maroon Bells edumile yaseColorado. I-Getty Images / TerenceLeezy I-Maroon Bells, eduze ne-Aspen, yizintaba ezimbili ezidume kakhulu e-Colorado kanye nombono wezithombe ezivelele kakhulu esizweni. Akudingeki ukuthi, lesi sigameko sikazwelonke sithandwa futhi singaba matasa.
Kunezindlela eziningana ezahlukahlukene zokunyusa ama-Maroon Bells.
Elula kakhulu : Vuka ekuseni (ngaphambi kuka-8 ekuseni) uphinde uqhubekele e-Maroon Lake nge $ 10 ngemoto. Hamba uzungeze echibini. Le drive ivala phakathi kuka-8: 00 kuya ku-5 pm Khona-ke, kuzodingeka uthathe ibhasi lomphakathi echibini.
Kulula : I-Maroon Lake Scenic Trail iyindlela elula ehambahamba elwandle. Kuyinto uhambo oluhamba ngamamayela kuphela. Usathola imibono ngaphandle kokuthuthumela.
Phakathi : I-Maroon Creek Trail namanje ayinzima kakhulu, kodwa yinde, okwenza ibe ngcono kakhulu kubagibeli abafuna ukufaka umsebenzi othile futhi babone kancane kancane. Le migodi emfuleni yi-3.2 miles ngayinye indlela.
Kunzima : Abahamba ngezinyawo abafuna inselelo kufanele bathathe i-Crater Lake Trail kuze kube seCreater Lake. Ukukhuphuka kuyaba mkhulu futhi kunamahloni (kubhekwa ngokuthi "okulinganayo"), kodwa kungamamitha angu-3.6 kuphela uhambo olulandelayo, ngakho-ke luhamba usuku olukhulu. Leli hambo ligcwele kancane kunezinye, futhi, okwenza kube intandokazi yendawo. Sithanda i-Crater Lake Trail ekwindla ngoba ihamba nge-aspen grove yegolide.