- The list below includes 76 free or cheap things to do in or near Vail, Colorado, including 58 different types of inexpensive activities like Hiking Trails, Mountain Biking, Music Venue and Sports Museums.
- From Betty Ford Alpine Gardens to Vail Mountain, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Vail and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Frisco, Breckenridge, Dillon and Edwards.
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Heritage Visitors Center features an informative museum full of unique exhibits of Idaho Springs' mining history, early life, and the important role it played in establishing not only Idaho Springs but the state of Colorado itself.
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2350 Riverside Drive, Idaho Springs, CO 80452
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At Highside Adventure Tours, visitors can trek the rapids of Clear Creek. The tour guide is helpful at navigating the waters and providing training to beginners in the group. They also have a zipline course for visitors.
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Raft Masters is a local outfitter which offers adventure rafting trips on the Arkansas River at the Royal Gorge and Bighorn Sheep Canyon, as well as on Clear Creek ranging from beginner to more advanced levels.
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Grizzly Creek
56820-57048 Grand Army of the Republic Highway, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
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Grizzly Creek is a creek that acts as the main water source for the town of Glenwood Springs. The creek runs alongside the Grizzly Creek Trial, which is a 4-mile hiking trail with an elevation of 5,910-feet.
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2823 Colorado Blvd, Idaho Springs, CO 80452
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The Quad Squad ATV Tours is a local company which offers guided ATV tours on a number of trails around the Rocky Mountains which were used by miners more than a century ago.
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2833 Colorado Blvd, Idaho Springs, CO 80452
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Organizing excursions to the surrounding mountains, ATV Experience lets visitors drive their own ATV on a 2 hour trail ride. The guide takes a video of the trip for the visitors to take home with them.
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The Gilpin County Arts Assn is devoted to providing opportunities and exposure for Rocky Mountain artists. The association sponsors a variety of exhibits and displays, and supports arts education in the area.
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Blue Lantern Ghost Tours offers 'haunted' tours of lower downtown Denver and of Central City, two locations it describes as among the most haunted in America. The tours travel through various creepy locations, many of them underground.
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The Gilpin History Museum captures what life was like in Gilpin County during the 1860s. The site, which was previously a school, features a school room, mining displays, and a recreated Main Street.
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The Cathedral Lake Trail is considered to be a relatively difficult path that goes from an Aspen grove until reaching the boundary of the Maroon Bells and Snowmass Wilderness. The main goal is to reach Cathedral Lake which offers a great deal of cutthroat trout fishing.