Pagosa Springs Recommendations

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Written by: Dustin Rocksvold

PAGOSA SPRINGS RESORTS

Wyndham Pagosa

  • 8 sections
    • Eagle Loft
    • Elk Run
    • Master Place
    • Mountain Meadows
    • Peregrine
    • Ptarmigan
    • Teal Landing (newest buildings) (most recommended area to stay in)
  • Village Pointe
  • Chuck wagon dinners
  • Get 2ND floor unit for better view
  • Golf course
  • Has amazing activities for kids
  • Has shuttle to ski slopes
  • Indoor pool
  • On site fishing lake

Worldmark Pagosa (Club Pass Resort)

  • On site fishing lake
  • Golf course

PAGOSA SPRINGS RESTAURANTS/FOOD

  • Bistro Rialto (Alamosa, CO) (2-hour drive)
  • Boss Hogg’s Restaurant & Saloon (steaks) ($1.99 margaritas)
  • Brown Bear Café (Silverton, CO) (2-hour drive)
  • Brown Dog Pizza
  • Coyote Moon Bar & Grill (on Piedra Road)
  • Gold Belt Bar & Grill (Ouray, CO) (3-hour drive)
  • Grand Restaurant & Saloon (in Grand Imperial Hotel, Silverton, CO) (lunch) (2-hour drive)
  • Marconi‘s Pizza
  • Midland Depot (Imperial Hotel) (Cripple Creek, CO)
  • Nestle Toll House Shop
  • Pagosa Brewing Company
  • Riff Raff Brewing Company
  • Smoken Moe’s BBQ (really good)
  • The Rose (for breakfast)
  • Two Chicks & a Hippie Bakery & Coffee house (great breakfast)
  • Wallbanger’s Sports Bar & Grill (Salida, CO) (2-1/2-hour drive)
  • Wolfe Brewing Company

PAGOSA SPRINGS BARS

  • Coyote Moon Bar & Grill (on Piedra Road)

PAGOSA SPRINGS ATTRACTIONS/ACTIVITIES

  • Alamosa train ride to LaVeta (same as Rio GrandeRailroad?)
  • Bachalors Trail
  • Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park) (cliff dwellings) (2-hour drive)
  • Black Walnut Canyon
  • Blue Mesa Reservoir Boat Rides (Gunnison, CO) (3-1/2-hour drive)
  • Box Canyon Falls (Ouray, CO) (3-hour dive)
  • Bridal Veil Falls
  • Cascade Falls
  • Cave of the Winds
  • Chimney Rock National Monument (30-minute drive)
  • Cliff’s Palace (Mesa Verde National Park) (largest cliff dwellings in North America) (2-hour drive)
  • Coles park (free Sunday night concerts)
  • Colorfest weekend (third weekend in September) (huge hot air balloon gathering)
  • Coors Brewery Tour (Golden, CO)
  • Creede, CO (silver mining town) (has a walk-through mine) (one-hour drive)
  • Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (leaves from Chama, NM) (one-hour drive) (excellent)
  • Day trip to Colorado Springs
  • Day trip to Cripple Creek
  • Day trip to Denver
  • Day trip to Durango, CO (one-hour drive)
  • Day trip to Telluride
  • Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (spectacular scenery) (take train up & bus back) (2-hour drive)
  • Fall colors (in October)
  • Four Corners Monument (3-hour drive) (40 miles SW of Cortez, CO)
  • Four-wheeler rental (Pagosa Adventures)
  • Garden of the Gods
  • Great Sand Dune National Park (Mosca, CO) (2-hour drive)
  • Gunnison Reservoir
  • Hiking
  • Horseback riding
  • Hot Air Balloon Ride
  • Hot Springs (26 in Pagosa Springs)
  • Hot springs in area
  • Mesa Verde National Park (2-hour drive)
  • Molly Kathleen’s Gold Mine
  • Monarch Crest Scenic Tramway (Monarch Pass between Salida & Gunnison, CO) (3-hour drive)
  • Night concerts at Cole Park (Alamosa, CO) (2-hour drive)
  • Numerous waterfalls in area
  • Old Hundred Gold Mine Tour (Silverton, CO) (2-hour drive)
  • Ouray Hot Springs Pool (3-hour drive)
  • Pagosa Museum
  • Pagosa Springs Brewery Tour
  • Pagosa Springs River Walk
  • Phantom Highway to Canon City, CO
  • Pikes Peak Cog Railroad
  • Purgatory Ski Area (ride chair lift to the top)
  • Rafting trip on Animas River (no rapids, just relaxing trip)
  • Red Rocks Amphitheater
  • Red Ryder Roundup Rodeo
  • Ridgway Train Museum (Ridgway, CO) (3-hour drive)
  • Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Alamosa, CO) (2-hour drive)
  • Riverwalk
  • Royal Gorge Bridge*
  • San Juan River (tubing or kayaking)
  • San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway (233-mile drive loop) (Million Dollar Highway)
  • Scenic drive to Chama, NM (one-hour drive)
  • Shiprock Peak (San Juan county, NM) (1-1/2-hour drive)
  • Telluride Gondola to Mountain Village
  • Treasure Falls
  • Trout fishing
  • Visit the small towns in area
  • White water rafting
  • Williams Creek Reservoir
  • Winter sports (cross country skiing, downhill skiing, snow shoeing)
  • Wolf Creek Pass (drive from Pagosa Springs to Creede, CO) (beautiful scenery)
  • Wolf Creek Ski Area (28 miles from resort)

PAGOSA SPRINGS GROCERY STORES

  • City Market
  • Walmart (across street from resort)

PAGOSA SPRINGS OTHER INFO

PAGOSA SPRINGS ADDRESSES

Wyndham Pagosa & Worldmark Pagosa
42 Pinon Causeway
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
Phone: 970-731-8000

NOTE: This is information I have compiled from comments posted on this site and other timeshare Facebook sites. I have been to some of these places (with * at end of name) and the others are recommendations from other people.

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