14Apr2009
the top things you should know about colorado
Posted by timezoneone
The top things you should know about Colorado now that TZ1 has an office here:
- Outdoor Activities-the best skiing in the world, climbing, rafting
- Crazy weather-two weeks ago it was 75 degrees on Tuesday and then on Wednesday there was a massive blizzard
- People love beer, especially micro brews
- It has more pet dogs per capita than any other state-that means we are all very friendly and loving
- Denver has more professional sports teams than any other city-football (Broncos), baseball (Rockies), basketball (Nuggets), hockey (avalanche), soccer (Rapids), Lacrosse (Mammoth), Rugby (Barbarians)
- 300 days of blue sky
- Home to the second largest running race in the whole U.S.-the BolderBOULDER
- The Rocky Mountains
- Colorado is one of two states that no water runs into-the other being Hawaii
- 52 of 54 14,000 foot peaks in the Continental Unites States are in Colorado
- Colorado Spring is home to the Olympic Training Center
- If you stand on the Southwest border of Colorado you can actually stand in four States (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah)
- Denver boasts the largest city park system in the country, 90 golf courses and 650 miles of paved trails.
- Our city tagline is, “the mile high city” that’s because our elevation is 5,280 feet, which equals a mile.
- Denver is considered the thinnest city in America and Colorado is the thinnest state.
- It was on top of nearby Pikes Peak in 1893 that Katherine Lee Bates was inspired to write the words to “America the Beautiful.”
- The famous Red Rocks Amphitheater is in the Colorado foothills
Fear-on



