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The first thing you see upon entering Boulder from the east is a breathless panorama of the Rocky Mountain foothills, with Flagstaff Mountain rising out of the red-roofed University of Colorado campus. It looks downright Utopian, which is why 100,000 people have settled here for the city's fair-weather climate (give or take a few blizzards), clean air, proximity to ski areas, annual community events like the Bolder Boulder footrace, impeccable bicycling conditions, healthy gourmet restaurants and laid-back college-town culture. The city's heart is the red-brick Pearl Street Mall, a pedestrian-only haven for wanderers, tourists, shoppers, buskers and bored teenagers. It's also filled with hiking havens, from Chautauqua Park to Flagstaff Mountain. Boulder's primary Achilles' heels are its lack of diversity and out-of-control home prices - the African-American population hovers in the low single digits and Latinos tend to populate the Denver area instead. But spend a day sipping cocktails at the rooftop bar of the West End Tavern, just off the Mall under the foothills, and see if you stop worrying about that stuff.
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Steve Knopper is the Denver-based author of Moon Handbooks Colorado as well as a contributor to numerous Fodor's city guides.

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    Fine Dining
    National Park
    Nature
    Nightlife
    Parks/Gardens
    Romance

Activities

    Bicycling
    Hike/Backpack
    Meditating
    Mtn. Biking
    Rock Climbing
    Scenic Drive
    Shopping
    Walking
    Wine Tasting

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Boulder Must See/Do

  1. Pearl Street Mall
  2. Chautauqua Park
  3. Flagstaff Mountain
  4. University of Colorado
  5. Dushanbe Teahouse

Boulder Most Overrated

  1. Hippie rock concerts
  2. Aromatherapy and rolfing
  3. Housing prices
  4. Birkenstocks and Crocs
  5. Tubing Boulder Creek

When to Visit Boulder

Spring Early and late summer Fall Memorial Day (Bolder Boulder) Mid-May (Kinetics Festival)

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  • December. Lights of December Parade
  • November. First Bite Boulder A Local Celebration of World Class Dining
  • August. Boulder International Fringe Festival
  • September. Hometown Fair
  • October. Downtown Boulder Fall Festival
  • May through September. Colorado Chautauqua Summer Series
  • October. Munchkin Masquerade

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