This article first appeared in the November/December edition of Yampa Valley Adventures. Yurts offer visitors to Northwest ...

This yurt system, our destination on a mid-January weekend, is the highest in Colorado, in the San Juans south of Lake City. The Rambouillet Yurt, which by next winter will be in a new location high ...

IN THE BOISE MOUNTAINS, Idaho — Daybreak’s rose-colored light glows over the snowy mountain peaks surrounding Stargaze Yurt in the Boise Mountains. It’s minus 6 outside, and the January air is so cold ...

Skiers bask in the winter sun in 2013 at the Rambouillet Yurt, part of the Hinsdale Haute Route system in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. With the sun reflecting off the snow, sunscreen is essential ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... What’s cozier than a cabin or yurt in the winter? Colorado has many options for travelers to hunker down for a little vacation inside while embracing the ...

Katie Urban paused at a hillside lookout in the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Wet snow clung to the trees, which disappeared in a gray mist to the northeast. Urban, a park ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When you get away from the chair lifts, resort towns and highways, the Rocky Mountains in winter are quiet and stunning. And cold. Very, very cold. Only the ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — What is the circular dwelling that looks like a cross between a tent and a tepee in the woods next to the Winter Sports Complex? The answer is: a yurt. Traditionally, yurts were ...

The first thing you notice about the yurt is its sturdy construction. With 2″ fiberglass insulation in the walls and 2″ polyiso foam in the roof, the cabins stay warm despite the cold weather snap ...

GUNNISON NATIONAL FOREST — The cold never stops invading, kept at bay only by the constantly burning wood stove. The World War II-era metal bunks creak at every muscle twitch. Smoke from the stove ...

GUNNISON NATIONAL FOREST — The cold never stops invading, kept at bay only by the constantly burning wood stove. The World War II-era metal bunks creak at every muscle twitch. Smoke from the stove ...