Colorado River Headwaters

At its source, the Colorado is no different than many other streams: a clear brook tumbling down redrock gorges and crossing greenish meadows and willow breaks. Between Grand Lake and State Bridge, this stretch of the river offers first class fishing, canoeing and rafting. The road begins in Grand Lake, an old resort town on the shores of Colorado's largest natural lake, and ends on a gravel road that passes through spectacular Upper Gore Canyon.

I remember driving between Kremmling and Granby in July and having to stop for the hordes of tourists busy throwing snowballs at each other at every high point on the road.