Photo Diary: Southwest Colorado

This post comes from our blog intern, Aubrie!

The environment in which you live often has a direct effect on your lifestyle choices. I always find this to be very apparent when I visit the glorious peaks of Colorado. Its residents noticeably lead such positive lives and never seem to take for granted the glorious scenery that they wake to every morning. Whether it’s hiking, kayaking, rock climbing, mountain biking, hitting the slopes, or just camping out, the majority of locals are very active within nature. As an enthusiast of this lifestyle, I have been lucky enough to visit this outdoor mecca quite often in recent years. Each time I return I am not only reminded of the astonishing beauty of my natural surroundings, but also an important notion to ground myself and live simply.

Reaching more towards the famous corners of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, southwest Colorado represents a more rural and rugged terrain than that of the Mile High City. On a recent trip to Durango, CO to visit my brother, I was able to completely escape to this beautiful region once again. I found myself trekking to massive mountain tops and strolling through charming ski towns. I felt I was able to reconnect with a part of myself that I sometimes lose while living in such a bustling city. After standing alone thousands of feet above everything in the midst of the golden foliage, and driving on roads winding along the sides of rocky cliffs, I was left with a profound feeling at the end of the weekend: the feeling of freedom.

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What trips have you taken that make you feel free?

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9 years ago

What a beautiful place. Everything is so wide open and gorgeous, ohhh, how I’d love to go to Colorado just once in my life!

zauberbear.blogspot.com

9 years ago

This looks so amazing. Coming from Switzerland I’m totally used to seeing mountains all around me, but they’re just not the same. Every thing in the US just seem so much more massive and endless.
Stunning photographs!

xx Cheyenne
http://www.bohemianjourneys.blogspot.com

9 years ago

The photos are stunning, what a beautiful part of the world

Hayley-Eszti // http://www.hayleyeszti.blogspot.com

Sami
9 years ago

Oh my goodness, I love love Colorado. Granted, I do live here, but the mountains and the nature and the sunsets (the sunsets!!) are just so lovely <3

Anonymous
9 years ago

Telluride! Yes!!

Rosalyn
9 years ago

We also have the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Montrose, Co and the Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction, Co which is the biggest flat top mountain in the country…and of course Fruita and
dinosaur land..yes there is much beauty in SW Colorado..glad to live in such a beautiful land.

9 years ago

wow so beautiful!

lala
9 years ago

yay!!! i live in Telluride

Sara
9 years ago

Really gorgeous photography! It really looks like autumn there… would love to be surrounded by nature like that right about now.

xoxo Sara
http://www.restlessnomads.com

9 years ago

What a beautiful place, living in or near nature is the best thing!
http://korinsusanne.blogspot.no

mel
9 years ago

Heading to Joshua tree this christmas.Have been there once before and loved it.Just love the wide open desert landscape and starlit skies at night.Something about that place just does it for me and so excited to be going there again But being from Wyoming,your pics remind me of how gorgeous it is there too.

Luna
9 years ago

Wonderful :) Oh, how I’d love to go to CO right now…

9 years ago

Ah I love Colorado! I always feel both connected and free when I’m at the mountains and at the beach.

Kate
9 years ago

I love this! I used to work for FP but had to stop once I moved to Telluride. Now I work at that cute coffee cart in the pictures above. This post is my two favorite things combined :)

9 years ago

I need need NEED to get to Colorado sometime. The whole place looks like a postcard and I can only imagine it is 10 times more beautiful in person.

x Erin
http://louiseerin.blogspot.com

Kate
9 years ago

Is the November calendar download up yet???

Paula
9 years ago

My favorite freedom trip I did in 2006 with a friend of mine we went to FInland, In Laponia during the summer time. We met the locals and we made good friends. They were so authentics and friendly with us. They invited us to theirs homes and we ate delicious organic salmon far better taste from those bought at the supermarket.
Sunsets were at one o’clock in the morning and then sun came out again about three in the morning.
Beautiful landscapes and pure air got me the feeling I was me and the nature together. I was free and happy.

Katie
9 years ago

Gorgeous photos! Even though I’m living in Austria right now and I’m surrounded by mountains, these photos still make me miss the U.S.

xo Katie

http://www.a-different-sun.blogspot.com

9 years ago

The editing of these pictures is stunning, I have definitely put this on my list of places to visit in the future!

Lucy Jane // A little bit of everything

Faith
9 years ago

I urge you to visit grand Idaho, I feel as though you would love it and such a gem state is so hidden.

9 years ago

Absolutely stunning shots, thank you for sharing, I am officially adding Colorado to my to see list :)

http://www.thatscoralynn.com

9 years ago

So proud to call Durango my beautiful home!

9 years ago

Colarado looks divine. My life changer would’ve been when I visited Turkey.

9 years ago

Remarkable photos! The mountains are truly rolling. & I adore the vintage ski bench!

Warm Regards,
Alexandra
http://www.littlewildheart.com

9 years ago

Gorgeous photos! SW Colorado is an amazing place. I lived in Ouray, CO for a few months during the winter ice climbing season–an amazing little town.