Itineraries & Trip Ideas

Looking for adventure in the great outdoors? Seeking artistic or cultural discovery? Traveling with a large group? Spending time with your close knit family? The San Luis Valley has the right mix of activities and attractions for any vacation.

A cavalcade of characters, some famous, some infamous and some downright notorious, have stepped across this landscape. Diego de Vargas, Juan Bautista de Anza, Zebulon Pike, John C. Frèmont, Kit Carson, John Gunnison, Phil Sheridan, Tom Tobin, Bat Masterson, Soapy Smith, Bob Ford, Calamity Jane, Poker Alice, Chipeta and Ouray, Otto Mears, Ulysses S. Grant, Alfred/Alferd Packer—the names associated with San Luis Valley history read like a western epic.