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Colorado In London

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Mountain biking in solitude in Colorado, USA.  Photo credit: Colorado Tourism.

Planning a Colorado Rockies holiday?  If you’re in the UK, head to the Destinations Show 2012 in London and talk to Colorado tourism experts there.

The U.S. mountain travel destination is exhibiting at the show in Earls Court, London which runs Thursday, February 2nd until Sunday, February 5, 2012.

For mountain travelers, Colorado is one of the world’s exciting adventure travel destinations for every mountain activity from skiing, snowboarding, hiking and mountain biking to whitewater rafting.

Destinations Show 2012

London

Earl Court

Website: www.destinationsshow.com

Free National Parks Guide

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Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.

National Parks traveler?  Then check out the new, free, online guide to great U.S. national park hikes by the National Park Foundation.

Called Happy Trails: 25 Unforgettable National Park Hikes, the new guide highlights 25 national park hikes, the best sites and activities, how to pack and plan national parks holidays.

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Mountain Rail Tours

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Banff, Alberta is one of the most popular resort towns in the Canadian Rockies. Photo credit: Doug Leighton/Travel Alberta & Banff Lake Louise Tourism.

Mountain rail tours can be some of the best ways to travel in the mountains.

From Europe to North America, we’ve traveled mountains by trains and loved every ride.

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10 Mountain Driving Tips

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An open mountain road beckons: Colorado National Parks Highway.

Mountain travelers worldwide take summer mountain road trips every year.

They may choose car hire and guided tours like the new Colorado tour with UK travel company Bon Voyage Travel and Tours.

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Top Mountain Movies

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Cold. Photo via Mountainfilm.

Mountainfilm wrote this guest post on top film picks at this year’s festival.

Next week, Mountainfilm will kick off its 33rd annual festival in Telluride, Colorado, May 27-30, 2011.

Started in 1979, Mountainfilm in Telluride is one of America’s longest-running film festivals.

Through the years, in and out of trends and fads, the festival has always been best described by one unchanging word: inspiring. Far more than any other adjective, that’s how festival audiences describe their experience.

This year, the festival boasts a solid list of films, many focused on mountain-inspired themes. Here are two of our top picks:

Cold trailer.  Video via Mountainfilm.

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Escorted Alaska Holidays

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Portage Glacier, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Alaska is an unusual and exciting holiday destination for the more experienced traveler.

An escorted tour can be the best and safest way to get the most out of this wild and beautiful destination.

Alaska holidays offer the scope of glacial landscapes coupled with a kind of old world charm.

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Photography From The Edge

Outdoor photographer?  If you’re living or traveling in the U.S., then you’ll want to check out From the Edge with Peter Lik on The Weather Channel (TWC).

The half-hour, action adventure nature TV series follows photographer Peter Lik on his quest for the perfect photograph, battling weather in epic U.S. landscapes.

It airs on The Weather Channel on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET and 11 p.m. ET.

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