Trinidad, just across the state line from New Mexico, is one of the older towns in Colorado. A prosperous settlement grew up in this mountain gap when the Santa Fe Trail carried people and trade across the Southwest. Cattle, coal, and brick were early mainstays of the economy. The town is old and sleepy now, with beautiful but empty early 20th-century brick buildings and a budding artist community. At an elevation of 6,000 feet, Trinidad’s air is pleasantly cool and dry.
When I entered Colorado at Trinidad, the sight of the Spanish Peaks to the west took my breath away.
Jason Waterfalls 