This Colorado Region Is Called the 'Switzerland of America'—and I Explored It on an Epic 5-day Hike

This Colorado Region Is Called the 'Switzerland of America'—and I Explored It on an Epic 5-day Hike

A five-day trek through Colorado's San Juan Mountain range includes alpine lakes, fields of wildflowers, and cozy huts. Brooke Warren Hiking through Paradise Basin on the Million Dollar Trek, in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains.I was crouching in the shelter of a boulder, 12,000 feet up in Colorado's San Juan Mountains, as wind and rain whipped around me. Two fighter jets whizzed by, the roar of their engines cutting through the sound of thunder. P…