Colorado: the home of the Rocky Mountains is calling

Colorado has a immense connection with its surrounding nature, and shows a breathtaking different way of life, writes Cian Byrne

Longs Peak and Glacier Gorge reflecting in Bear Lake on a calm summer morning at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

There are 54 ‘14ers’ in Colorado, mountains that stand over 14,000 feet high, that’s almost 4,300 metres and four times taller than Carrauntoohil. 

They help make up the Rocky Mountains which run from the far north of Canada to the deserts in New Mexico and define how life is lived here in Colorado.