{"id":2324,"date":"2019-05-08T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitgrandcoun.wpengine.com\/articles\/hidden-gems\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:53:22","slug":"hidden-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/blog\/hidden-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Gems in Grand County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Winter_Park_Hero-7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A young man sitting on a ski bench in Grand County, Colorado\u2014one of the town's hidden gems and a unique local spot off the beaten path.\" class=\"wp-image-2917 wpsmartcrop-image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Winter_Park_Hero-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Winter_Park_Hero-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Winter_Park_Hero-7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Winter_Park_Hero-7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Winter_Park_Hero-7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-smartcrop-focus=\"[50,50]\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How&#8217;d you like to experience Grand County like a local? We&#8217;ve taken the liberty of picking out a few of our favorite spots throughout the county so you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Moose Caf\u00e9<br><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">115 West Park Ave.\u2028<br>Kremmling, CO 80459&nbsp;<br>970-724-9987 \u2028<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start your day off right with the most important meal of the day at the Moose Caf\u00e9 in Kremmling. This funky breakfast joint delivers delicious food with fast and friendly service. We recommend the pancakes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Alpine Slide<br><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">85 Parsenn Road<br>\u2028Winter Park, CO 80482\u2028<br>970-726-4118 \u2028<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get your adrenaline pumping on the slopes of <a href=\"\/vendors\/winter-park-resort\/\">Winter Park Resort<\/a>, home to <a href=\"\/play\/adventures\/alpine-slide\/\">the longest alpine slide in Colorado<\/a>. Admire the view before you board your plastic alpine sled, equipped with rollers and brakes, and take a 3,000-foot trip down the mountain with a 610-foot vertical drop. This ride provides fun for all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alpine slide will open in the summer of 2025 after being closed last summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playwinterpark.com\/winter-park\/year-round-activities\/alpine-slide\/colorados-longest-alpine-slide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about the improvements and updates on the Winter Park Alpine Slide<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Stargazing at Devil&#8217;s Thumb Ranch\u2028<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">3530 County Highway 83<br>\u2028Tabernash, CO 80478&nbsp;<br>970-726-5632\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devil&#8217;s Thumb Ranch is a highly regarded and environmentally friendly, year-round ranch, resort and spa that offers rustically upscale accommodations, fine dining and an array of outdoor and wilderness recreation activities both summer and winter. After a action-packed day of world-class nordic skiing or horseback riding, we suggest stargazing from a hot tub or on a moonlight deck. With miles of open space around and without the distraction of the outside world, you&#8217;ll see the skies like never before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How would you like to experience Grand County, Colorado like a local? Here&#8217;s some Rocky Mountain hidden gems throughout the county so you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10533,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions\/10533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}