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I would say this is a bit of a misnomer. The major metro areas of CO are indeed larger. But don't forget that a large percentage of our state is east of Denver, and these are largely undeveloped areas. ( check the map )Major metro areas like Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs were largely developed due to the gold rush and proximity to mountain mining.Mountain areas like Aspen, Vail, Dillon, Steamboat Springs were largely developed due to skiing and winter sports. Parts of Wyoming have potential for this, ex: Jackson hole, but they are late to the game regarding attracting world visitors.Lastly, I don't see the effort or desire by Wyoming ( until recently perhaps) to develop tourism, urban infrastructure and attracting modern jobs to the state. My perception is that they prefer their rural nature and benefits that affords, including lower prices and fewer people.

Answered 16 July, 2018I realize the Adler family has already come and gone but I’d like to add for the sake of others who may visit this remarkable place. Perhaps they’ll come back for more! It’s worthy of deeper explorations.Six full days is a very good start; how glad I am you’re not hoping to do it all in three. You received some very good advice from other Quorans. Please see my personal highlights for Yellowstone below. Grand Teton National Park (not the “Grand Tetons,” that’s a common mistake in print constantly; there is only one Grand Teton) is often relegated to frosting for a Yellowstone visit if considered at all by those insisting you fly into Bozeman or Billings. Teton Park is simply amazing and is best enjoyed via short (or longer!) walks. You’ve already got a good recommendation to take a boat ride; one often overlooked is a steak dinner or breakfast on Elk Island in Jackson Lake provided by the Grand Teton Lodge Company.elk island dinner cruiseelk island dinner cruiseA 4 kilometre round-trip walk from the Colter Bay Visitor Center to the end of a peninsula overlooking the lake is easy and magical.Lakeshore Trail: Hike the Lakeshore Trail in Grand Teton National ParkJust .5 km along String Lake or 1.6 up to Leigh Lake from the String Lake picnic area is amazing as well. I love to hike from the String Lake Trailhead to a trail above Inspiration Point in Cascade Canyon and back via Hidden Falls, 10.2 km. See maps below.Drive to Jackson Point on Signal Mountain.10 September, 2016Visit the Menor’s Ferry historic district and the 1925 Chapel of the Transfiguration.27 August, 2016The Cathedral Group Turnout from N. Jenny jct.10 September, 2016See Oxbow Bend before 9:00 a.m. to get a reflection most mornings.29 August, 20171 June, 2017Jenny Lake Overlook before 11:00 a.m. accessed from north Jenny Lake Junction. I avoid the South Jenny area altogether, too crowded. The reason it’s so popular is a boat from there brings visitors within a kilometre of Hidden Falls, chopping off 6.4 km hiking.19 June, 2019 Hidden Fallshttps://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/wyoming/hidden-falls-trail--216 October, 2015-rare reflection. Early morning is best chance.Snake River Overlook.28 September, 2016Grovont, Wyoming, aka Mormon Row.23 June, 2014Craig Thomas Discovery Center, Laurance Rockefeller Preserve. Jackson Lake Lodge.3 October, 2019Schwabacher’s Landing28 August, 201611 September, 2015Jesse Lee O’Connor 李杰西's answer to What would be a good itinerary for a 3 day trip to Yellowstone?Jesse Lee O’Connor 李杰西's answer to What are the main attractions at Yellowstone National Park?Jesse Lee O’Connor 李杰西's answer to How long would it take to see all of Yellowstone National Park?Finally, “Grand Teton Village,” from another answer, for souvenir shopping is misleading. Teton Village is the resort community at the base of the Jackson Hole Mountain ski Resort; it really has little to do with Teton Park, though the aerial tram is fun — get discount coupon from free daily paper. You will find outstanding natural history shopping in the park visitor center at Moose or the Greater Yellowstone/Jackson Hole Visitor Center whilst in town (Jackson) or at Jackson Lake Lodge where you’ll find other kinds of souvenirs.I hope this is helpful.

I would rather spend five days exploring mountains rather than forests.The easy but obvious answer is to not choose: enjoy both equally! It is like mountaineering and backpacking. On the way to the mountain, many approaches require camping, carrying everything needed on one’s back. There are many who enjoy backpacking on its own merits and never ascend the peaks. That’s fine and rewarding. But a mountaineer enjoys both worlds. There are also hard rock enthusiasts enjoying the physical and mental challenges well shy of the alpine realm. There are many different games for climbers to choose between.But, the forest is simply amazing. I would not want to climb rock only and never experience the wooded glades. Though I’m concentrating on the mountain, the forest is encountered as one of the stages passed en route to the goal. The trees close in and obscure the peak; navigation and woodcraft are part of the bigger picture. But after the trees are left behind, I appreciate looking down upon the forest, where not long ago we had been. What had blocked my view of the greater world is now seen from above in relationship to the peaks and, in fact, to everything else. We need trees. Most give silent assent to that; we need oxygen. But I say we need to walk amongst, sleep beneath, climb upon and even embrace trees. We have spiritual needs as well as physical, mental and emotional needs.Some mountains rise from where there are no trees. But I enjoy very much experiencing firsthand the relationship between forest and mountain.Everything is alive and has a soul, even the rock. It is a place I would love to share with nemophilist Yosey Huff.23 November, 2019Wolf Mountain is not very big but it’s prominent on the horizon above southern Jackson Hole and so has been “on my list” for many years. I finally set out towards it but only saw the woods around it. The trails have changed greatly since the 7 1/2 minute series quads were made. We could not find the trail though it was very plain on the map where it should have been. This necessitated bushwhacking. We reached a point where a trail we eventually found veered away from the mountain. I purposed to strike out overland toward the peak, my son rebelled and I can’t blame him; off-trail hiking can be very annoying.The Forest In WinterSo we followed the good trail we’d found the opposite direction though it wasn’t on the map. It was much easier to travel on but it took us away from the goal. I know there a deep metaphor here but on that day it was simply physical practicality at play. If it was anything like the trail it has seemingly replaced, it should have turned toward the mountain eventually. Perhaps it does, but the day was getting shorter and we gave up on it. I suspect hunters built up the good trail toward different goals than an obscure summit. Retracing our steps, we decided that if the other end turned toward the mountain we would follow it and if it turned toward our car we would follow it. Since he had vetoed bushwhacking, those were the only choices. Wouldn’t you know but the trail utterly vanished, gradually, becoming more and more faint until we were pointed toward a known way home, our track in, at the end of a steep, forested hillside with no trail. With two hours of daylight left, we gave in. The way to escape a cold night out was to take on the challenge avoided earlier. Between the stretches of thick, body-entangling dogwoods and alders, the snow was crisscrossed with many tracks; chiefly elk, deer, rabbit, marten, squirrel and voles.http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/East-End/412109/Tracking-In-The-SnowEarlier while still peak bound we followed wolf tracks. This had been recently a riotous playground of activity though we saw none of those animals. Where were they? It had been three days since snow. Last Saturday was our turn in the woods. Now, all those tracks are covered as snow is falling now. The cycle repeats itself with new tracks but probably no human ones until summer. Where we went? Maybe never. But for a brief time we saw the signature of life unbounded. A drama of survival or day to day activity unnoticed by the world continues every day and night. I regret we couldn’t look down upon those forests from the summit, appreciating the relationship of woods to peak. But last Saturday our only experience was of the forest, and it was very good. It was unfamous, unconsidered, unknown nature in the raw. More unseen (that day) players in the perennial symphony include the water under the ice we crossed, insects and small vertebrates frozen in slumber, the roots of flowers to burst forth in the springtime, mosses and grasses with unseen birds and mammals and even the hunters all having their movements to play in their time. Everything is connected, each to each other. It is precious.Deciphering Winter Animal TracksYesterday was my last chance, before last nights snow which continues to fall as I write. But I had family home for Thanksgiving and with baking and socialising to do. Priorities. Perhaps next year. It’s not the first summit I’ve had to try again for. The mountain will wait, I hope.Redirect NoticeAs will the forest. God willing, I will sojourn among them both.It is for that I choose the mountains, so as to see and feel it all, forest and peak, in their places, in their relationship. And here are we, in the middle.http://www.milouvision.com/forest-snow/