Red Mosquito

http://www.outsideonline.com/1972941/best-towns-2015

Outside Magazine is doing a March Madness-style tourney to determine the best town in 'Murica... I personally think the addition of Houston into the brackets invalidates the whole contest, but I'd like to know which towns YOU think are the best for enjoying the great outdoors and all it has to offer. After my Spring Break adventure down the Green River through Canyonlands NP, I definitely have to nominate as my #1 choice:

Moab, Utah



Great camping along the Colorado River, access to two NP's (Arches and Canyonlands), a very pleasant downtown district with a brewery (Zak's... home of the Polygamy Porter ), a few cool restaurants, bike trails through the town, shops, coffee (Dark Side of the Bean)... the La Sal mountain range in the distance, and it's just far enough away from everywhere else that it doesn't outgrow itself.

other Honorable Mentions are as follows:

Estes Park, CO (except in the Summer tourist season)
Glenwood Springs, CO
Santa Fe, NM
Jerome, AZ

huntsville, al

are these towns or places that are not towns?

BurtReynolds wrote:are these towns are places that are not towns?

that was an easy sentence to read

*or

My favorite towns for trail running.

Ashland, Oregon
Flagstaff, AZ (great trails around town and access to Grand Canyon)
Leadville, Co.
Moab, Utah
Dunsmuir, California
Missoula, Montana
Payson, AZ
Alpine-Marfa, TX (Big Bend National Park is sooooooo underrated)
Big Island (Hilo), Hawaii


Never been there, but Juneau, Alaska is becoming a trail running Mecca.

Estes Park is wonderful.

Going to Moab in March.

Juneau is a trail running Medina at best.

lol