Alternatively, you can get up close to Royal Gorge with a thrilling guided Via Ferrata excursion, where you'll climb steel rungs drilled into rock walls while harnessed and clipped into cables ...

Throw a stone in Cañon City, Colorado, and you’re going to hit a white water kayaker or free solo rock climber; the area is jam-packed with summertime activities and it attracts outdoorsy ...