It’s 85 mins if by some miracle no traffic, and by far the closest high country

Dec 15, 2024
8:53:07pm

RUNBYU1 All-American

To Denver. I would somewhat consider Golden, where I live, a mountain town, but not Denver. I previously lived in Draper, and much of the city is on the hillside, and that feels way more like a mountain town than Denver to me.

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Denver isn’t a mountain city.

Longseason

Dec 15, 5:25pm

Denver has all the crime and traffic of big city with none of the accompanying

Blueto

Dec 15, 5:26pm

Slc has higher violent and property crime than Denver.

JamieTartt

Dec 15, 6:43pm

SLC is a mess.

Choke

Dec 15, 7:12pm

I live in CO Springs. Hate Denver with a passion. So ugly, soulless, crowded.

Mitty

Dec 15, 8:34pm

What does that mean?

Goliath

Dec 15, 5:27pm

It means it's not in the mountains.

byuluvr

Dec 15, 5:28pm

It’s a plains city. But you can see the mountains from it.

All-American

Dec 15, 5:34pm

More of a coastal city

thewaterboy

Dec 15, 5:28pm

True. It’s only 700 ft higher elevated than Provo.

RdF3

Dec 15, 5:31pm

Yep it’s on the High Plains

STL

Dec 15, 5:34pm

RE: Yep it’s on the High Plains

Longseason

Dec 15, 5:36pm

That’s it? I thought it was much higher.

allaboutthegainz

Dec 15, 6:20pm

Lately, it is a lot higher than that. Crazy.

eyes4byu

Dec 15, 7:51pm

Neither is Salt Lake City, nor Provo.

kimdaddy35

Dec 15, 5:34pm

A good portion of the Wasatch Front residences are absolutely on the mountains

fattycoug

Dec 15, 6:37pm

So are a good amount of the Denver Metro area residences.

kimdaddy35

Dec 15, 6:39pm

Actual Salt lake and actual Provo both have good portions of residences

fattycoug

Dec 15, 6:42pm

I've been and lived in both and have never seen a Salt Lake City address nor a Provo address in the mountains.

kimdaddy35

Dec 15, 6:47pm

This count

Wife_Apologist

Dec 15, 7:08pm

Walk me through this. Denver is a mile high. How can that not be a "mountain city"?

HarlemCoug

Dec 15, 5:36pm

If you look at Denver from west to East. Not a mountain in sight.

Longseason

Dec 15, 5:38pm

Denver is next to mountains on the west, zero on the east.

mudpupper

Dec 15, 5:52pm

Mountain adjacent

Longseason

Dec 15, 6:01pm

Not even really next to them. Like an hour away from actual mountains

RevolutionDeathsquad

Dec 15, 6:34pm

It’s like 20 minutes from Denver even to any foothills. That’s SLC to Draper.

RUNBYU1

Dec 15, 8:58pm

Take the time to drive through what's probably usually a "flyover state" to you

joelvandyne

Dec 15, 6:02pm

Depends on what you consider "Denver". The metro area includes mountains

Colorado

Dec 15, 5:39pm

And there’s about half a dozen 14er’s within a 1.5 hour drive from Denver.

Housemartin

Dec 15, 6:16pm

RE: Denver isn’t a mountain city.

Oompabluepaw

Dec 15, 5:54pm

But it is a county all by itself.

gwalker

Dec 15, 6:00pm

Salt Lake is what everyone thinks Denver is. Denver is a Great Plains city a long drive from good mountains.

Sandstone Cougar

Dec 15, 6:08pm

You are confusing decent mountains with ski resorts. Mt Evans is 30 mins from Denver and higher than any mountain

kimdaddy35

Dec 15, 6:27pm

It’s 85 mins if by some miracle no traffic, and by far the closest high country

RUNBYU1

Dec 15, 8:53pm

Are you mapping to the top?

Colorado

Dec 15, 8:58pm

Going off of driving there basically. I guess you could say an hour to the echo

RUNBYU1

Dec 15, 9:06pm

And for the record, I prefer living in Golden to living in the Wasatch Front

RUNBYU1

Dec 15, 9:06pm

*Mt Blue Sky

Colorado

Dec 15, 8:57pm

RE: Denver isn’t a mountain city.

RdF3

Dec 15, 6:36pm

Now do one looking the other direction

Longseason

Dec 15, 6:37pm

That direction allows Denver to not get the inversions SLC gets.

JamieTartt

Dec 15, 6:40pm

Although true, it doesn’t help the perspective that Denver is in the mountains

Longseason

Dec 15, 6:55pm

That’s a very deceptive shot using extreme zoom to make it look much better than

RUNBYU1

Dec 15, 8:59pm

Maybe so but the skyline from a little further away can be absolutely stunning. Like Boulder is pretty but coming down

Colorado

Dec 15, 9:07pm

So having a very large mountain range on one side of the city doesn't qualify as

thewaterboy

Dec 15, 6:46pm

Correct. It is the end of the Great Plains.

Longseason

Dec 15, 6:56pm

I disagree with that

thewaterboy

Dec 15, 6:59pm

Or the beginning of the Rocky Mountains.

DudeBro

Dec 15, 7:28pm

…20 minutes from any foothills that are another 45 to any high country…

RUNBYU1

Dec 15, 9:00pm

The very large mountain range is the equivalent of SLC to Provo away from Denver

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