Golden, CO
Sep 16th, 2005 (Fri)
Golden: ""Where the West Lives"".
Golden is located 21 miles south of Boulder and 19 miles west of Denver, Colorado, abutting the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Due to its proximity to these two cities and closer distance to the ski slopes, this conservative town of ~18,000 people is pretty ideally situated. It also has a nice-but-small downtown with a western theme. Housing is also a lot less expensive than Boulder’s. However, I found the scenery much to “golden” and dry for my tastes and much less inspiring than, say, Breckenridge’s. More photos are here.
The drive through the US-6 canyon roads to Golden from around Idaho Springs was a pretty scenic drive. My friend Mike S. says it is a good route to take on winter weekends when I-70 is totally congested with cars heading to the ski slopes.
Golden is about 60 miles from the slopes and hence more ideally situated (for a skier) than, say, Boulder or Fort Collins. However, its summer scenery is much too "golden" for my tastes.
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