It’s a Colorado Rocky Mountain High – John Denver
Beautiful Scenery Surrounds Colorado Wedding Locations
There are many Colorado wedding locations, sites and venues to consider for your your wedding ceremony and reception. These range from fabulous mountain resorts to historic “castles” to parks with lush gardens to wedding halls and hotel ballrooms with crystal chandeliers and spiral stairways for that grand bridal entrance.
While you can always have an indoor wedding reception anywhere, depending on the climate and altitude, various wedding locations in Colorado are perfect for an outdoor wedding ceremony, especially in the summer. Just imagine exchanging your vows as the sun filters through majestically tall Colorado blue spruce trees.
Rocky Mountain Weddings
Rocky Mountain weddings in one of the many Colorado outdoor wedding locations such as Vail or Aspen, under mountain stars, near a clear mountain lake or in a beautiful park under azure blue skies, are the type of wedding that so many couple are seeking. The small yet cosmopolitan city of Boulder offers many great venues for weddings too! Keep in mind that there is a big difference in elevation between the Colorado plains and the mountains, so take that into account for family members with altitude sensitivities.
You will discover that some resorts and wedding halls have both indoor and outdoor spaces, while other properties provide either an indoor or an outdoor setting. Some properties are more formal, whereas others are rural and less formal like dude ranches and cabin resorts.
The ceremony and reception need not be held at the same location. Couples may choose to say their “I do’s” on the top of a mountain peak with a limited number of guests in attendance. Or they may elect to have a traditional church service. Their ceremony can then be followed by a reception elsewhere, such as at a restaurant, hotel or resort.
Destination Wedding Locations in Colorado
If you don’t live in the Rockies, and your guests will be traveling a distance, you can select a from among a number of Colorado mountain wedding locations that have both lodging as well as sites for your ceremony and reception. Often these will have a separate cabin or suite especially for the bride and groom.
Stone Mountain Lodge and Cabins in Lyons, Colorado provides a unique outdoor setting for your Arbor Ceremony and an elegant tented reception by the pond beneath towering red cliffs. On-site cabins and lodge rooms for your guests are but a gentle stroll away.
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