Paraglide like the Bride and Groom by booking a tandem flight with Adventure Paragliding (the crew supporting the wedding). Flights available any day other than Saturday during the wedding ceremony daily at 7:30am, 8:30am, or 9:30am. Tandem's are $200/person.

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is America's only mountain-top theme park with thrill rides, family rides, and cave tours with live music and other theme park activities. It all starts with a scenic gondola ride to the top of the peak! Tickets range from $26-69 depending on the rides and tours you want to do. Some hotels and accommodations offer discounts as well so remember to ask!

Enjoy a spa day at the famous vapor caves and then get a massage or body wrap! Vapor caves are $20/pp and you can add on other spa packages for additional charges.

Visit the famous town of Aspen and see the iconic Maroon Bells. There are cheap, very regular buses that go from Glenwood to Aspen and Maroon Bells. https://www.rfta.com/routes/roaring-fork-valley/

Once you Get to Maroon Bells Visitors Center you can take a shuttle to the park for $16/pp, and it requires reservations: https://aspenchamber.org/plan-trip/trip-highlights/maroon-bells/reservations

The Maroon Bells are very accessible with paved trails to the lake, bathrooms, and benches. You can also hike further from here on normal dirt hiking trails and backpack all the way to Crested Butte or stop at Conundrum hot springs campsite (requires reservations to camp here and they go as soon as they open them up!).

Take the bus to Aspen and explore the town, see some live music at Belly Up, or take the Gondola to the top of Aspen "Ajax" Mountain. In the summer, Aspen Mountain boasts the world's highest official disc golf course, kids' activities, yoga, and Sunday Bluegrass Concerts, amid miles of trails to bike and hike. Lunch is available for purchase at the Sundeck. Tickets are $35/pp.

Experience the excitement and thrills of the Shoshone rapids including Baptism, Tuttle’s Tumble, Tombstone, The Wall, and Maneater combined with the magnificent beauty of Glenwood Canyon on the Colorado River! Various Trip options from $50/pp and up depending on length!

Mountain Biking:

We highly recommend renting a mountain bike (MTB) and jumping on MTB Project to search for trails for your skill level in the area. We love the Forest Hollow Trail that is mostly downhill and goes along the canyon rim to downtown if you have some cars to shuttle. We also love the red mountain trails and Prince Creek Trails (Father of Ginormous in particular) for more up and down riding.

Downhill MTB:

Snowmass Bike Park offers 25 miles of purpose-built, diverse trails—from beginner-friendly and flowing singletrack to adrenaline-inducing downhill—the Snowmass Bike Park extends almost 3,000 vertical feet from the top of the Elk Camp Chairlift down to Snowmass Base Village. Plan your trip and find your flow no matter your skill level this summer at Colorado's Gold-Level Bike Park. They also offer clinics for learning.

https://www.aspensnowmass.com/visit/activities/summer/biking/snowmass-bike-park

City/Road Biking:

If you are looking for a paved, flat scenic ride you can do the Glenwood Canyon Bike Path. Sunlight bike shop also offers shuttles to the top of sunlight resort so you can coast downhill to the town again if you don't want to pedal uphill.

Sunlight Bike shop in downtown Glenwood rents all equipment and bike racks for cars!

Learn about the history of Glenwood Springs with the Self guided tour and information sheet (see link below). Before Glenwood Springs was a Colorado hot springs hot spot, it was a Wild West frontier town called Defiance. As raucous and ramshackle as its original name implied, it was home to a cast of characters that included gamblers and gunslingers, industrialists and entrepreneurs. Like an ornery child, it eventually matured and became well-mannered and welcoming, the Glenwood Springs we know today. But its knockabout origins can still be seen, just beneath the surface. Take a stroll through Glenwood Springs and admire the architecture of these must-see historical hotspots. Historical tours in Colorado transport you back to wilder times!

Info Sheet: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://visitglenwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Walking-Tour-GWS_revised_july2018.pdf

Visit Palisade, a ~1hr drive from Glenwood (in the direction of GJ) or take the Amtrak, to do some wine tasting, peach eating and maybe some adventuring (check out the palisade plunge for the extreme MTBers).

Fav Winery is called Varaison Vineyards, where the tasting comes with some awesome wine education!

https://www.varaisonvineyards.com/

Hiking Around Glenwood is amazing. The most famous trail is Hanging Lake, which requires reservations and pay parking for $12/car.

There are also many other trails in the area to hike with stellar views. This website details a few. We also like Mushroom rock, which didn't make this website:

https://visitglenwood.com/blog/2019/06/stunning-hiking-trails-glenwood-springs-colorado/

Located 25-minutes west of Glenwood Springs is some of the most mythical limestone climbing in North America. Rifle Mountain Park is considered to be the birthplace of Colorado sport climbing and is home to an astounding 400 climbing routes, many rated in the sweet spot between 5.13 -5.14. The Park is considered to have the highest quality concentration and a variety of climbing routes in the world. Enthusiasts from around the globe clamber for the opportunity to test their skills on the Leadville limestone. High profile routes include the Arsenal, the Wasteland, and the Anti-Phil. When rock climbing at Rifle Mountain Park, keep in mind there is a day use fee and limited parking.

Celebrating 14 years of bringing laughter and quality entertainment to the Roaring Fork Valley, The Glenwood Vaudeville Revue is a two hour family fun dinner theater show with professional talent performing a variety of comedy skits, jokes, high energy dance numbers, unique novelty songs and original comedic presentations that are guaranteed to entertain, and help you laugh your worries away; and all this while you savor a meal prepared by many of the Glenwood Springs best restaurants. Friday & Saturday @ 6:00pm and some Sunday shows. $28.00 for Adults, $25 for Seniors, $16.00 for Kids up to 12 years old.