Maligne Rafting

Maligne Rafting

Jasper Canada Rafting Trips - Raft the incredible Fraser River. Click here for advanced rafting bookings!

Yamnuska Hiking Tours

Yamnuska Hiking Tours

Book Banff, Canadian Rockies guided tours, mountaineering, trekking with Yamnuska Hiking Tours of Banff, Canada.

Golf Canada's West

Golf Canada's West

Book advanced tee times, BC, Canadian Rockies, the Jasper Fairmont Golf Course with Golf Canada's West.

Book Banff Activities

Book Banff Activities

From rafting to horseback riding, book Banff activities with Banff Travel.

Athabasca Hotel

Athabasca Hotel

Jasper's Heritage Hotel in Downtown, Jasper, Alberta. Jasper's oldest hotel. Click here!

Banff Rafting Guides

Banff Rafting Guides

Rafting Banff and the Kicking Horse River! Raft Alberta and BC's best rivers. Click here.

Jasper Tramway

Jasper Tramway

Jasper With an Altitude! Take the Jasper Tramway, mountain top dining. Book Here!.

Overlander Trekking

Overlander Trekking

Jasper Trekking, mountaineering, guided tours with Jasper's premier hiking company. Click here!

Loveland, Colorado

Loveland, Colorado (Loveland Chamber photo).

Loveland, Colorado (Loveland Chamber photo).

Loveland, Colorado is in the northern Front Range of the Colorado Rockies near Fort Collins. It sometimes confused with Loveland Ski Area, nearer to Denver.

Loveland, Colorado (Loveland Chamber photo).

Known as the Sweetheart City, Loveland is famous for its Valentine’s Day love stamp program. It is also known for great artwork and artists. During Sculpture in the Park in August Loveland’s community of about 200 sculptors come out to in Benson Park to sell and show off their incredible work. In September, Loveland hosts the largest exhibit of prehistoric arrowheads in the U.S. during the Stone Age Fair.

Loveland is near the foothills and rivers or the Rockies, so biking, fishing, hiking and other outdoor activities are plentiful.

The Loveland restaurant scene offers up quite a selection, anything from the highest rated French restaurant in Colorado, to some great steak houses and tea rooms.

Population: 37,352 – Elevation: 4,982

Annual Events: Loveland Valentine Remailing Program, A Fair of the Heart(Craft Show), Studio Walk in Feb.; Annual Chamber Golf Tournament & Steak Fry, Old Timer’s Rodeo, Ethnic Food Fest in June; Independence Day Celebration in July; Larimer County Fair, Sculpture in the Park, Loveland Corn Roast Festival in Aug.; Stone Age Fair in Sept.; Pumpkin Festival in Oct.

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