Outside Magazine just named Durango one of this year’s 19 best towns.

Here is what they say about Durango:

Think of it as a border town. It has Southwest underpinnings-Mesa Verde National Park is only 47 miles to the west-but because it sits in the lush Animas River Valley, it serves as the geographic and cultural link between high desert and high country. A thousand miles of mountain-biking trails surround the city (pop. 16,900), the largest wilderness area in Colorado is just to the north (500,000-acre Weminuche Wilderness), two ski resorts are an easy drive away, and the paddle-friendly Animas flows almost down Main Street. At night, four local craft breweries appease the nearly 4,000 students at Fort Lewis College.

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