CAROL CARDER 

Profile

​I have lived in Colorado since 1963 and organized family camping trips with my husband and two boys throughout Colorado.

I love Colorado history and worked five years for the Colorado Prospector, a newspaper reprinting historical early day Colorado newspapers. When I host international students attending DU. I often take them on tours to downtown Denver including Denver Public Library, art museum, History Colorado, State Capitol, Brown Palace, Larimer Square and Lower Downtown.

I wrote articles for Rocky Mountain Construction about Denver’s major public projects from the first light rail, Coors Field, Bronco Stadium, Denver Art Museum expansion, Convention Center, to Aquarium and so on.​

Specialties

Availability:  Hourly, half day, full day

Denver Metro/Front Range:  Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder

Geographic Areas:  Foothills above Denver; Southern Colorado; Southwestern Colorado/Four Corners; much information on building of I-70 through Glenwood Canon and construction of the Moffat Tunnel, much along the route of the California Zephyr 

Special Sites:  Rocky Mountain National Park including Estes Park; Denver Area (e.g. Lower Downtown LoDo), Denver Performing Arts Complex, Larimer Square, Civic Center, Oxford Hotel, Denver Firefighters' Museum, Brown Palace, Byers-Evans Museum, Clifford Still Museum, Kirkland Museum, Molly Brown House Museum, Red Rocks Park & Amphitheater, Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, History Colorado Center, Denver Art Museum, Tattered Cover, Denver Zoo, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Capitol Hill, Castle Marne Bed & Breakfast Inn, Denver Public Library, River North (RiNo), Dinosaur Ridge); Colorado Springs area (e.g. Garden of the Gods, Air Force Academy, Pikes Peak Cog Railroad, Manitou Springs, Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Cave of the Winds, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, North Pole, Seven Falls, Broadmoor Hotel, Palmer Square in downtown); Southwestern Colorado/Four Corners (e.g. Durango, General Palmer Hotel, Stratler Hotel, Mesa Verde National Park, Ignacio, Cortez, Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Fairplay and South Park City, Telluride, Ouray, Ridgeway, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Montrose, Pagosa Springs, Monte Vista, Creed

Special Groups:  Seniors, church, family, private parties
 
Special Interests:  Colorado History, historic walking tours, hiking, cycling, architectural, geological, fall color, cultural, skiing, walking, bicycling

Tour and Travel Services:  Step-on Guide