Denver
- Katie Oliver
- May 25, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 1, 2023
January, 2021
Mile High Memories to be made in this city! Tom & I went to Denver for a ski trip with a great group of friends. We hit the slopes at Copper Mountain with everyone and then stayed a little longer to explore the city of Denver! If breweries, good food, and the great outdoors are your thing, make sure Denver is on your list of cities to visit.
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Copper Mountain
Best Eats
- We packed snacks & lunches for the mountain to minimize downtime - trail mix, energy bars, sandwiches, chips, etc. We often met at the base of Center Village and ordered a quick beer and/or coffee to have with a packed lunch.
- We also opted for family-style dinners to save costs - lasagna, burgers, tacos, etc.
- Tommyknocker Brewery & Pub: If traveling from Denver, we recommend taking a pitstop in Idaho Springs at Tommyknockers! We recommend a beer flight and their house specialty - Mac & Cheese. Warning: come hungry!!
Must do, Must see
- Hit the slopes!! Lots of great runs from beginners (bunny training slopes at West Village) to experienced (blues & blacks for both speed & agility with some moguls and terrain parks)
- Center Village: shopping center, ice skating rink, lots of restaurants for apres
- East Village: snow tubing, the Woodward Barn (indoor action sports playground)
Tips and Tricks
- Accommodations: There are tons of places to stay however, I cannot recommend our cute AirBnB more! It was the perfect size for our group and was right at the base of the mountain at East Village - very easy to walk to the lift & ski rental shops.
- Ski Rentals: We rented from Christy Sports and they made sizing, pick up, drop off, etc super easy!
Denver
Best Eats
- Dairy Block: try the milk market for lunch; otherwise best variety of restaurants for dinner
- Union Station: great historic train station for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
- Snooze (breakfast)
- Denver Biscuit Co. (breakfast)
- Lula Rose (coffee shop)
- Denver Central Market (food hall, best for lunch)
- Cafe Miriam (French lunch, Morrocan dinner)
- The Woods (rooftop restaurant with gorgeous views)
- King of Wings (lunch or dinner)
- Larimer Square (dinner)
- Barcelona Wine Bar (dinner)
Best Breweries
- Cannot talk about Denver without breweries and cannot talk about breweries without RiNo (River North District)
- First Draft Taproom (swipe your card at a wall of local beer taps to find your favorite)
- Our Mutual Friend Brewing
- Ratio Beerworks
- Stem Ciders
Must do, Must see
- Downtown Aquarium
- Parks along South Platte River
- Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
- Museum of Nature & Science
- Denver Zoo
- Botanical Gardens
- Red Rock Amphitheater
- Coors Brewery Tour
Tips and Tricks
- We used the CityPass for entrance to the zoo, aquarium, museums, etc! See if it's worth doing for your visit.
- Downtown is rather walkable up & down 16th Street. We stayed at the Hyatt Regency and walked most places downtown, and Ubered most other locations.
- We visited in winter and took advantage of skiing! If you're there in the spring/summer, consider checking out some of the local parks for hiking, biking, rafting adventures! Rocky Mountain National Park is less than a 2-hour drive from Denver.
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