Room to Roam on Pristine peaks

The Greenhouse at Gracie’s Farm is a unique place during the winter months. Built to extend the longevity of Utah’s short growing season, it offers a bright patch of greenery amidst the white snowy landscape. Guests have a chance to tour the greenhouse to get a firsthand look at the technology behind winter produce and smell the aroma of fresh growing greens in the cold winter months. 

This year there’s been more focus in the media and in personal conversations on rebuilding connections and making new connections both internally and externally. Wellness practices that encourage and incorporate building deep connection as part of their methodology are impacting people that subscribe to them in profound ways. Now multifaceted wellness is getting the serious attention it deserves.

Hotel Jerome has a rich history, one that parallels with the history of Aspen itself. During its silver boom years in the late 19th century—when fortunes rose dramatically and all anyone could see was up—department store magnate Jerome B. Wheeler envisioned a rival to the grande dame hotels of Europe. Hotel Jerome was born.

As our open-air Jeep headed for the turn off to Last Dollar Road, right outside of Telluride, I snuggled under thick wool blankets and breathed in the cool morning mountain air that makes summer in Colorado so amazing. Our family adventure would take us along the former mining route, an unpaved and often bumpy road that winds through valleys up into high mountain passes. Extreme heights always have me a little faint of heart, but I was eager to get going since Last Dollar Road so I could capture photos of some beautiful Colorado vistas to enjoy back home.

Telluride really is an angler’s paradise, with some of the finest trout streams in the Rocky Mountains along with countless high country lakes, ponds and alpine creeks that make for stellar fly fishing year-round—even in winter. Here’s a guide to the best spots for fly fishing Telluride, CO and its environs any time of year.