Southwest USA travel guide - Southwestern Colorado
Southwestern Colorado is a heady place to play. Some of the finest powder skiing in the world melts to reveal winding trails in summer. This is the West at its most rugged, a landscape of twisting canyons and ancient ruins, with burly peaks and gusty desert plateaus.
Coverage includes: Pagosa Springs & around, Durango, Mancos, Mesa Verde National Park, Cortez, Dolores, San Juan Mountains, Telluride, Ridgway, Ouray & the Million Dollar Highway, Silverton, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Crested Butte.
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Living the Linger
by Chris Raven & Simon Raven
The sudden break-up with Emily Willow finds Simon Raven, ex-amateur rock god and bored internet producer, on a Boeing 747 bound for Seattle. Led by his twin brother, Chris, who is more than happy to exchange a career in fashion photography for the open road, they embark on a buttock-clenching journey of paranoia and self-doubt, as they traverse Interstate 15 across backcountry America.