For nearly a century a bridge has spanned the Royal Gorge nearly 1,000 feet above the Arkansas River near Cañon City. The steep rock walls of the canyon make for a dramatic, if dizzying view from ...

Alternatively, you can get up close to Royal Gorge with a thrilling guided Via Ferrata excursion, where you'll climb steel rungs drilled into rock walls while harnessed and clipped into cables ...

The first confrontation in the Royal Gorge Railroad War occurred not in the Royal Gorge, but near the top of Raton Pass in ...