Spectacular hiking, long walks, open views. Our family loves to take a long hike in the morning and spend late afternoons with a picnic basket, books and sketchbooks reading on the sandy beach at Twin Lakes. The kids canoe, raft, swim, and fish in the lake - although the lake, fed by snowmelt, is pretty cold year round. Close to skiing (Ski Cooper(40 min), Monarch Mountain (1hr), Copper Mountain (1hr), rafting guides with easy to thrilling trips in Buena Vista, Mt. Princeton Hot Springs (multiple temperature pools, waterslide, spa), and horseback riding nearby too.