{"id":8329,"date":"2018-12-01T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T17:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escapecampusa.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=8329"},"modified":"2024-10-15T18:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:52:06","slug":"four-days-of-bliss-in-southwest-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/fr\/blog\/four-days-of-bliss-in-southwest-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Days of Bliss in Southwest Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A four-day road trip itinerary through Aspen, Telluride, Ouray, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, and Great Sand Dunes National Park in Southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":8334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"blog_locations":[141],"class_list":["post-8329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trip-ideas-guides","blog_locations-denver"],"acf":{"title":"","background_image":{"ID":20040,"id":20040,"title":"Downtown Telluride Colorado","filename":"downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","filesize":164324,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/fr\/downtown-telluride-2\/","alt":"","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"downtown-telluride-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-12-21 17:35:20","modified":"2018-12-21 17:35:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":867,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-300x225.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-768x576.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-1024x768.jpeg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","1536x1536-width":867,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","2048x2048-width":867,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-600x353.jpeg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-1200x900.jpeg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":900,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":225,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":300,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":450}},"title_color":"dark","add_overlay":[],"content_sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h4>By Allison Fitts &amp; Lillian Robinson<\/h4>\n<p>Colorado has so many unique mountain towns, natural hot springs, and sweeping vistas to explore. Take a four day road trip in southwest Colorado and you&rsquo;ll get to see so many of them. Whether you\u2019re living in Denver or visiting from out of town, there\u2019s nothing better than hitting the open road with nothing but a loose plan and some gas in the tank. Here are some hot spots to see and quick tips from a four-day road trip we took earlier this year throughout southwest Colorado. These spots are easily accessible with a <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/locations\/denver-colorado\/\">Denver camper van rental<\/a> from Escape Camper Vans.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"google_map_embed","map_embed":"<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m54!1m8!1m3!1d1596680.272352564!2d-107.4537677!3d38.5909885!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m43!3e0!4m5!1s0x876b80aa231f17cf%3A0x118ef4f8278a36d6!2sDenver%2C+CO!3m2!1d39.739235799999996!2d-104.990251!4m5!1s0x8740397cf7413c7d%3A0xc12b42dc782cf672!2sAspen%2C+CO+81611!3m2!1d39.1910983!2d-106.8175387!4m5!1s0x873f5efc49376af1%3A0x3f31d692b3ad8bbc!2sBlack+Canyon+of+the+Gunnison+National+Park%2C+Colorado!3m2!1d38.5753936!2d-107.7415961!4m5!1s0x873ed87b70e6f473%3A0x38ee772171bae3e1!2sTelluride%2C+CO!3m2!1d37.9374939!2d-107.81228519999999!4m5!1s0x873f1f7caf7386f3%3A0x9003c80400295bdd!2sOuray%2C+CO!3m2!1d38.0227716!2d-107.6714487!4m5!1s0x87142fe61dd9cbc7%3A0x33d7918ad00f83d9!2sGreat+Sand+Dunes+National+Park+and+Preserve%2C+Colorado!3m2!1d37.7915959!2d-105.5943276!4m5!1s0x876b80aa231f17cf%3A0x118ef4f8278a36d6!2sDenver%2C+CO!3m2!1d39.739235799999996!2d-104.990251!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1545414486743\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":20054,"id":20054,"title":"Maroon Bells Aspen Colorado","filename":"maroon-bells-aspen.jpg","filesize":63692,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/fr\/maroon-bells-aspen\/","alt":"","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"maroon-bells-aspen","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-12-21 17:41:09","modified":"2018-12-21 17:41:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":867,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen-1024x768.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen.jpg","1536x1536-width":867,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen.jpg","2048x2048-width":867,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen-1200x900.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":900,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":225,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":300,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/maroon-bells-aspen.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":450}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h2>Aspen and Maroon Bells<\/h2>\n<p>Some of the best things about the Aspen and Maroon Bells stop in our four day road trip in southwest Colorado are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspen is posh by all Colorado mountain town standards, with a plethora of upscale restaurants, shops, and parks, there\u2019s plenty to do. We enjoyed lunch at the White House Tavern!<\/li>\n<li>Free bike sharing stations give you 30-minute rides around town\u2014perfect for checking out all the adorable houses and sights.<\/li>\n<li>To get to Maroon Bells, we recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfta.com\/routes\/maroon-bells\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taking the bus<\/a>! It\u2019s quick and painless and prevents you from having an early morning wake up call.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":20048,"id":20048,"title":"La Zona Colona Coffee Colorado","filename":"la-zona-colona-coffee.jpg","filesize":39548,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/fr\/la-zona-colona-coffee\/","alt":"","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"la-zona-colona-coffee","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-12-21 17:38:18","modified":"2018-12-21 17:38:18","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":488,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee-1024x768.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee.jpg","1536x1536-width":488,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee.jpg","2048x2048-width":488,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee-1200x900.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":900,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":225,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":300,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/la-zona-colona-coffee.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":450,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h2>Black Canyon of the Gunnison<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Drive the canyon rim and check out each of the vistas around the park, or plan a more in-depth hike down into the canyon.<\/li>\n<li>With plenty of NPS-approved campgrounds, this is a great place to set up camp for\u00a0the night. This national park is an International Dark-Sky Park, so the night sky is absolutely stunning. The park rangers host plenty of events, day and night, so stop in at the visitor\u2019s center to check out the day\u2019s activities.<\/li>\n<li>On your drive from Gunnison to Telluride, stop at La Zona Colona Coffee, the cutest little coffee shop in Montrose. There are homemade donuts, cute decor, and a drive thru if you\u2019re in a rush to get to your next destination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":20040,"id":20040,"title":"Downtown Telluride Colorado","filename":"downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","filesize":164324,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/fr\/downtown-telluride-2\/","alt":"","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"downtown-telluride-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-12-21 17:35:20","modified":"2018-12-21 17:35:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":867,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-300x225.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-768x576.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-1024x768.jpeg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","1536x1536-width":867,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","2048x2048-width":867,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-600x353.jpeg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2-1200x900.jpeg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":900,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":225,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":300,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/downtown-telluride-2.jpeg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":450}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h2>Telluride<\/h2>\n<p>Telluride was an amazing stop as part of our four day road trip in southwest Colorado. We learned a few things about this amazing town:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Known for its many different festivals and events, you never know what\u2019s going on in this classic mountain town. When we were in town, it was Telluride Film Festival! We saw Melissa McCarthy and caught a movie outside in the park.<\/li>\n<li>Ride on the free Telluride-Mountain Village gondola for quick access between the towns or simply the great views.<\/li>\n<li>Free campsite: May E Campground is managed by the Forest Service and perfectly settled right outside of town.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":20056,"id":20056,"title":"Ouray Hot Springs Colorado","filename":"ouray-hot-springs.jpg","filesize":75620,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/fr\/ouray-hot-springs\/","alt":"","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"ouray-hot-springs","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-12-21 17:41:38","modified":"2018-12-21 17:41:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":488,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs-1024x768.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs.jpg","1536x1536-width":488,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs.jpg","2048x2048-width":488,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs-1200x900.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":900,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":225,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":300,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":300,"gform-image-choice-md-height":400,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ouray-hot-springs.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":450,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":600}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h2>Ouray<\/h2>\n<p>Ever visited a hot springs? 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