Things To Do in Salida

Climbing from 11,312-foot Monarch Pass to the Continental Divide at an altitude of 12,012 feet, this tram offers views of five mountain ranges—up to 150 miles away—when skies are clear. The tram includes six four-passenger gondolas. At the top is a gift shop. Pets are welcome. Allow…

This state-run fish hatchery, about a half-mile northwest of town off Colo. 291, produces more than 2 million trout each year, used to stock Colorado’s numerous streams and lakes. Visitors can walk among the fish raceways and ponds and feed the fish (food provided from coin-operated…

Colorado’s largest indoor hot springs have been in commercial operation since 1937, when the Works Progress Administration built the pools as a Depression-era project. Ute tribes considered the mineral waters, rich in bicarbonate, sodium, and sulfate, to be sacred and medicinal.…